HealthInfo Canterbury
Helping myself with an eating disorder
Self-treatment and joining support groups can be effective for many people with eating disorders, especially those with bulimia, binge eating and disordered eating. Try some of the resources below
HealthInfo recommends the following pages
Self-help
- Centre for Clinical Interventions – Consumer resources
You can find good self-treatment resources on this website, including information, worksheets and activities. Download and work through the modules to help you with your recovery.
- Overcoming disordered eating, parts A and B
Information about disordered eating – how it develops, how someone maintains it, and strategies to change the problem behaviours and thinking patterns.
- Building body acceptance
Provides information about body dysmorphic disorder – how it develops, how it's maintained and how to address this problem.
- Overcoming disordered eating, parts A and B
Support groups
- Eating Disorders Association of NZ
Information and support for people with eating disorders, their friends and family.
- Mental Health Education and Resource Centre Trust
Information, education and support for people with mental health and addiction issues, their families and whānau, caregivers and friends.
- Supporting Families in Mental Illness
Contact the Canterbury branch of Supporting Families in Mental Illness to find out about the eating disorders family support group. You can also phone (03) 366‑9284, freephone 0800-876-682.
Written by HealthInfo clinical advisers. Endorsed by the South Island Eating Disorders Service, Canterbury DHB. Last reviewed December 2017. Last updated August 2018.
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Review key: HIEDI-73561
