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The Midland Regional Network is offering the following scholarships for Midland Eating Disorders clinicians:

Australian New Zealand Eating Disorders Academy Conference - Auckland 26 - 28 August 2010

It gives Marita and I great pleasure to offer 15 Midland scholarships for clinical staff to attend the Australian New Zealand Academy for Eating Disorders conference being hosted in Auckland on the 26th – 28th August 2010.

The Midland scholarships will cover:

1. Full day attendance at the Pre-conference Workshops Thursday 26th August

2. Full attendance to the conference on Friday 27th and Saturday 28th August

3. Three nights accommodation (organised by the Midland Administrator)

Travel is not included in the scholarships and will need to be arranged with your direct line manager. Priority will be given to those staff who will be presenting a paper and have had their abstract formally accepted. Evidence of abstract acceptance must be attached to the completed scholarship application.

Please find copies of the Pre-conference Workshop Flyer and Conference Flyer.

Also find the Midland Scholarship Application form and ANZAED Registration Form which are to be completed fully and either emailed or faxed back to Eseta Nonu-Reid by 4pm on Thursday 24th June 2010.

Late applications will not be accepted. Successful and unsuccessful applicants will be notified on Tuesday 29th June 2010.

Chris Fairburn Workshop Saturday 17 July 2010 - Rotorua

Christopher G Fairburn, D.M., FRCPsych, F.Med.Sci. Oxford University Department of Psychiatry, Oxford, UK

Abstract

If one thinks afresh about eating disorders and their psychopathology, two observations are particularly striking: first, the DSM-IV eating disorders have many features in common; and second, patients frequently migrate between them. This suggests that there are mechanisms that lock people into having an eating disorder but not a particular eating disorder. If this view is correct, treatments that address these mechanisms should be effective with all forms of eating disorder rather than just one. We have developed and tested such a “transdiagnostic” treatment (enhanced CBT; CBT-E).

Data from a recently completed trial suggest that CBT-E is an effective treatment for those patients with an eating disorder who are not markedly underweight, whatever their eating disorder diagnosis. In this presentation new data will be presented on the effectiveness of CBT-E in treating all eating disorder patients, including those who are markedly underweight, thereby testing whether CBT-E is truly a transdiagnostic treatment.

The presentation will include consideration of the theoretical and clinical significance of these findings.

The Midland Region is pleased to offer 10 places. Travel and accommodation support will be provided to Taranaki and Tairawhiti participants. Scholarship applications close on Friday 7th May 2010. Successful applicants will be notified by 10th of May so a block booking can be facilitated with the Auckland Eating Disorders Service.

Chris Fairbur Abstract

Psychology Conference Registration Form

Midland Scholarship Form