Binge-eating disorder group
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The South Island Eating Disorders Service (SIEDS) offers group cognitive behavioural therapy for people with binge-eating disorder. It aims to help them to understand and change the triggers that lead to binge eating. These include beliefs about food and eating, body weight and shape.
To take part, you need to attend each week and complete homework. You will be encouraged to participate in the sessions.
Sessions take place once a week for 12 weeks. See your general practice team for more information.
Who this group is for
This group is for people who:
- sometimes eat very large amounts of food in a short time
- feel out of control during these episodes
- feel these episodes interfere with their life
- are motivated to change this behaviour
- are willing and able to attend 12 group sessions and complete tasks outside of the group
- are 18 or older.
This group may not be appropriate if you:
- are underweight
- abuse alcohol or illicit drugs
- compensate for your binge eating through self-induced vomiting, laxative abuse or excessive exercise
- are in crisis and thinking about suicide.
If you have any of these difficulties, see your general practice team as soon as possible.
How to join or find out more
Ask your general practice team to refer you to the South Island Eating Disorders Service. If your referral is accepted, you will be offered an assessment with the group facilitators to make sure that the group is right for you. The assessment will involve a structured interview and questionnaires. You will also have an opportunity to ask any questions about the group.
Written by HealthInfo clinical advisers. Last reviewed March 2024.
Sources
The information in this section comes from the following sources, some of which may be clinically complex or not available to the general public
Eating Disorders Foundation of Victoria, What should I say to someone with an eating disorder? 2007.
Eating Awareness Team, St John of God Waipuna, patient information leaflets: Bulimia and addiction; Dieting makes you binge; Eating awareness information sessions; Eating disorders as coping strategies; How should I react?; How to help; Information for family & friends; Males: bulimia, binge, anorexia; Signs & symptoms of possible eating problems; What are the medical complications of eating disorders? What is anorexia? What is binge eating?; What is bulimia?
Kings College London, Eating disorders (https://www.ppta.org.nz/dmsdocument/226).
Maudsley Parents (http://www.maudsleyparents.org/).
NHS: Anorexia nervosa, Bulimia, Anorexia nervosa – David's story (archived).
South Island Eating Disorders Service, patient information leaflets: Answers to often asked questions, Got a question?, The facts, Tips for families.
Tom Shiltz, Anorexia nervosa in males. National Eating Disorders Association.
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