Scientific Work in Anorexia Nervosa (SWAN)

Registrations are open for the 5th Biennial Body Image & Related Disorders (BIRD) Conference! Low-cost registration available for in-person (Melbourne, Australia) and online attendance. More info: birdconference2025.eventbrite.com.au

Anorexia nervosa is a severe mental illness with rising prevalence among youths, limited treatment options, and prominent physical and psychological challenges. ja.ma/4466IM7

"We still don't actually have a very good understanding of what contributes to the development and maintenance of eating disorders." Orygen's A/Prof. Andrea Phillipou speaks to ABC Radio National about gaps in eating disorders research and treatment: bit.ly/3SyRxVl

Research silos and a narrow focus on weight restoration are holding back the field of eating disorders, a new Orygen-led paper with co-authors from @harvardmed and @KingsCollegeLon has argued. Details + recommendations: bit.ly/454EKkX

Registrations are open for the 2025 Body Image & Related Disorders (BIRD) Conference. Hosted by Orygen's @SWAN_Research_ team, it'll bring together international and local experts to discuss the latest research. View the program + register: bit.ly/4lZGqSC

@Swinburne researchers are seeking women aged 21+ with a history of Anorexia Nervosa (partially or completely weight restored) for a world-first trial to investigate psilocybin-assisted psychotherapy for body image disturbance. More info⬇️ redcap.link/embodied @SWAN_Research_

Orygen is committed to developing innovative, effective solutions to improve youth mental health outcomes. As we set our sights on 2025, we're asking the community to consider giving a tax-deductible donation to enable this critical research: bit.ly/3Xj6CxN

Meet Claire Finkelstein - a Clinical Psychologist, Researcher and PhD Candidate at @Swinburne & one of our TranslatED Scholarship recipients. You can find out more about Claire’s research here 🔗 bit.ly/3OyzAUM

Friendly reminder that if you're moving over to BlueSky you can find us as @ swanresearch.bsky.social See you there 👋

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📢📢 PARTICIPANTS REQUIRED📢📢 If you work in an eating disorders service and are interested in sharing your thoughts on treatment for ARFID, please reach out using the following link! tinyurl.com/helparfid

Important article by @IngeGnatt on emotional eating and when it's time to seek professional help. theconversation.com/how-can-i-stop…

@Lau_Cob_ We are so passionate about this space and we incorporate various types of LE involvement in our work. We have a paper under review at the moment where we provide a detailed and transparent description of our approach to LE inclusion - we will share it once it's out!

@SWAN_Research_ It would be good to have a transparent positionality statement for such initiatives in order to better situate the theoretical and ideological grounds upon which the research is being conducted.

Eating disorders are inadequately treated, poorly understood & chronically underfunded. At @orygen_aus, our research is focused on unlocking new approaches to improve the lives of all people affected by eating disorders. Find out more in the🔗& 🧵👇tinyurl.com/OrygenSpotlight

To find out more about our innovative research, or to donate to our work, please contact us at eatingdisorders@orygen.org.au.

Our team are so proud to be working at the forefront of this vital research (some of which are tagged here! @Steph_E_Miles, @erica_neill, @IngeGnatt, @deBoer_ko, @ScarlettCroce, @DrAmyMalcolm, @tamsimpson_)