EUROPEAN EATING
- ON -
COUNCIL DISORDERS
NEWSLETTER, SPRING 1994
Edited by Bridget Dolan
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CONTENTS
Hello, well this was supposed to be the Winter edition
of the E.C.E.D newsletter, but since winding down from the Prague
General Meeting last October there seems to have had so little
time to get this information together. We would like to send out
these newsletters more regularly, but that depends upon having
news to report. Please, please if you have any information,
requests or news items you would like other E.C.E.D members to know
about do send it to the E.C.E.D in London.
At present we are receiving about one request a week from professionals
who want information from the E.C.E.D database, some of these are
clinical requests usually asking for names of therapists for patients
who are moving to a new country, others are research or academic
contacts. We now have 440 members in the E.C.E.D, however Eastern
and Southern Europe are under-represented and we are still hoping
to extend the network even further. If you know of anyone who
would like to be included in the network please introduce them
to the E.C.E.D and ask them to contact us in London.
The Prague meeting was a great success attended by 120 delegates
in the wonderful setting of the Waldstein Palace. The meeting
provided that essential mix of work, discussion and socialising
time. I am sure everyone who attended would want to re-thank Dr.
David Krch and Professor Faltus for all their efforts and for
being such brilliant hosts. At the Prague meeting delegates voted
to hold the next general meeting of the European Council in Dublin,
Ireland. Gerard Butcher, Mike Bourke and John Griffin have the
unenviable task of following the Czech team. Not wanting to be
outdone by the Prague setting they have arranged for the meeting
to be held in Dublin Castle on September 21st-22nd 1995
and are beginning programme planning and registration now. Please
do contact the organisers with any suggestions or proposals of
material for the meeting. More details are given on the first
announcement which is enclosed.
The British review of Anorexia and Bulimia re launched as a new
journal in 1993 (Eating Disorders Review) has gone through another
identity crisis and for 1994 is renamed the European Eating
Disorders Review. The content remains the same in having a
more European focus than the International Journal and retaining
a special interest in clinical practice in eating disorders. The
price for individual subscribers remains £40.00 in UK, $65.00
outside UK; Institutions £50.00 in UK, $85.00 outside UK.
However Wiley are now offering a 12% reduction to £35.00
and $57.00on individual subscriptions for E.C.E.D members.
Any papers you wish to submit for review should be sent to:
Ms. Joanna Vincent, Editorial Assistant, European Eating Disorders
Review, EDA, Sackville Place, 44, Magdalen Street, Norwich, Norfolk,
NR3 1JU, UK.
Recently a few members have contacted the E.C.E.D commenting upon
the increased subscriptions fees for the American based International
Journal of Eating Disorders which are now $175.00 for individuals
outside USA for eight issues a year. We are still trying to negotiate
a discount for E.C.E.D members with Wiley USA but because of their
management changes we have no news as yet. Wiley UK are hoping
to do a double deal with a special discount if you take both journals,
but they can't give a final price for this until the USA office
sets its own discount. However this should be sorted by mid-Summer
so contact Tracy Clayton at Wiley UK for further information before
you re-subscribe to either journal. (See the enclosed Wiley leaflet).
E.C.E.D members publishing relevant books are welcome to send information
and/or review copies to the E.C.E.D for inclusion in the newsletter.
When possible the E.C.E.D will negotiate with the publishers for
discounted rates for E.C.E.D members. See the enclosed leaflets from
Afterhurst for a 20% discount on all of their eating disorders
catalogue including LEA, Guildford Press, Bruner/Mazel and Allyn
& Bacon publications; and 10% discount from
John Wiley publishers on their books.
- THE COURSE OF EATING DISORDERS: LONG-TERM FOLLOW-UP STUDIES
OF ANOREXIA & BULIMIA NERVOSA
- W. Herzog, H-C Deter, W. Vandereycken (1992) Springer-Verlag,
Heidelberg. £60.50 (Unfortunately we couldn't get a discounted
price for this) This edited volume is an essential source book
for anyone involved in treatment or research into the outcome
of eating disorders. However the book is only in hardback at present
and the price may deter some potential readers. It includes contributions
from authors throughout Europe and North America from a range
of academic and clinical perspectives. The book will be enlightening
for all those who seek more understanding of their own therapeutic
successes and their failures.
- DISSOCIATIVE EXPERIENCES, TRAUMA AND HYPNOSIS.
- Johan Vanderlinden (1993) Eburon Publishers, Oude Delft 224,
2611 HJ Delft Netherlands. $25.00 A valuable resource
for workers interested in the study and treatment of traumatic
experiences and dissociative disorders. The book has a particular
focus upon eating disorders and describes hypnotherapeutic techniques
in treatment of traumatised eating disorder patients.
- BINGE EATING: NATURE, ASSESSMENT AND TREATMENT .
- C. G. Fairburn & G. T. Wilson. eds (1993) Guildford Press,
New York, London (£31.00) £24.80 with E.C.E.D discount.
This multi-author work discusses history, clinical characteristics,
epidemiology, etiology, evaluation and treatment of binge eating
from a range of perspectives. Unsurprisingly dominated by North
American authors discussion of DSM-IV classification is prominent.
Fairburn & Wilson's own "Comprehensive Treatment Manual"
for cognitive-behavioural therapy of binge eating and bulimia
nervosa is slipped in as a final chapter, although psychodynamic
and pharmacological treatments are also given space. If you are
interested in binge eating or are one of those sceptical of the
recent move to privilege binge eating above other aspects of disordered
eating you will find this book essential.
- WHY WOMEN ? GENDER ISSUES AND EATING DISORDERS
- Bridget Dolan & Inez Gitzinger (1994) Athlone Press, London
(£9.95) £7.96 with E.C.E.D discount (see enclosed
leaflet). A revised and updated edition of the book originally
published by the E.C.E.D in 1990. This new edition includes a foreword
by Susie Orbach and additional chapters on the media influences
on eating problems, using the metaphor of compulsive eating in
groups; and exploring eating disorders through psychodrama and
art therapy.
We want to begin a short book review section of the newsletter
and would like to invite you to contribute reviews on any new
eating disorders related book you may come across. Rather than
send out review copies to members who may not have the time or
specific interest to do this we are looking for people to volunteer
as reviewers. If there is a new book you would like to review
write to Bridget Dolan in London with the details and she will
request a free review copy for you from the publishers
- which you get to keep afterwards. We are particularly keen to
include non-English texts which may not have come to the attention
of the London steering group.
We have review copies of:
- Button E (1993), Eating Disorders: personal construct therapy
and change;
- Cooper P.J. (1993) Bulimia Nervosa: a guide to recovery;
- Vandereycken W. & van Deth R.. (1994) From fasting saints
to anorexic girls: the history of self starvation.
If you would like to review one of these books for the newsletter
please write in and we will send it to you.
If you want to make research or professional contacts you can
send a brief description to the E.C.E.D and we will put the information
into our next newsletter reaching over 400 eating disorder workers
at one time.
- SWEDISH ANOREXIA/BULIMIA SOCIETY
- The E.C.E.D has been sent information from the Swedish Anorexia/Bulimia
Society. This is an national association for clinicians and researchers
begun in Stockholm in 1993. The society is intended exclusively
for professionals working in the field of eating disorders. Its
main aim is to systematise knowledge about and improve treatment
methods for anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa and related conditions
in Sweden. This is achieved primarily by supporting research,
by systematising a knowledge database and by encouraging co-operation
and exchange of experiences both by colleagues within Sweden and
through contact with similar organisations in other countries.
Key members of the organisations are also E.C.E.D members and the
society welcomes all contacts with similar organisations throughout
Europe and the rest of the world. Correspondence should be sent
to:
Claes Norring DMSc, Dept. Psychiatry, University Hospital,
S-751 85 Uppsala, Sweden. Tel +46 18 66 52 83; Fax: +46 18 66
52 15; E-mail: claes.norring@uaspsyk.uu.se
- SOCIETY FOR PSYCHOTHERAPY RESEARCH
- The European Society for Psychotherapy Research (SPR) are
currently collaborating with and supporting psychotherapy researchers
in the former Soviet Union. One important programme which has
been set up is the translation of recent papers into Russian to
make them accessible to greater numbers of workers. The SPR are
co-ordinating this venture and are asking authors to fund the
translation of their own papers. The costs are comparatively low
at 5 DM per manuscript page or $5.00 per printed page. If you
would like to support this venture and see your own work translated
you should send your paper to:
Prof. H. Kachele, European SPR vice
President, Abt. Psychotherapie, Klinikum der Universitat Ulm,
Am Hochstrasse 8, D-89081, Germany.
The translation fee can be
sent by cheque or transferred to bank account Nr. 6 574 303 Sparkasse
Ulm (BLZ 630 500 00). The SPR are also hoping to set up a study
group meeting in Moscow in the near future. for further details
on this contact Horst Kachele at the above address.
Tel: 0731
502 5660; Fax: 0731 502 5666; E-mail: kaechele@sip.medizin.uni-ulm.de
- BODY-IMAGE AND EATING DISORDERS
- A special symposia on body-image in eating disorders has been
set up within the European Conference on Psychosomatic Research
(see meetings section below). The symposia will be held on August
23rd. If you are interested in active participation, please write
to:
Prof. W. Vandereycken, Leuvenseslaan 85, B-3300 Tienen, Belgium.
Fax +32 16 824 123.
If you are involved in organising meetings or conferences related
to Eating Disorders you can send information about the meeting
to the E.C.E.D for inclusion in the next newsletter. We will include
both national and international meetings.
- INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON EATING DISORDERS
- Sixth International Multidisciplinary Conference. Venue: Mariott
Marquis, New York , April 29th-May 1st 1994. $385 Organisers:
Preston Zucker M.D. (Chairman) . Information:
Albert Einstein
College of Medicine, Office of Continuing Medical Education, 3301
Bainbridge Avenue, Bronx, New York, NY 10467, USA. Tel: + 1 718
920 6674
- LA POSIZONE DELL'ANALISTA: TEORIA E CLINICA PSICANALITICA
DI ANORESSIA E BULIMIA (THE POSITION OF THE PSYCHOANALYST:
TREATMENT AND THEORY OF ANOREXIA AND BULIMIA )
- Following on from a year long series of fortnightly seminars
organised by the Italian Association for Lacanian Psychoanalysis
held in Rome, this three day residential course in Italian is
open to professionals from any discipline. Venue: Monastero S.Maria
degli Angeli, Busseto, Italy, May 20th-22nd, 1994. Organiser:
Dr. Gabriella Ripa di Meana. Information:
Dr Ripa di Meana, Via
Ovidio 26/28, 00193 Roma, Italy. Tel/fax 06-686 15 74.
- EUROPEAN CONFERENCE ON PSYCHOSOMATIC RESEARCH
- International multidisciplinary conference. A special emphasis
will be on body image and eating/weight problems. It was at this
meeting in Marburg, 1988 that the idea for the E.C.E.D was first
proposed. Venue: Ghent, Belgium, August 24-27th 1994 Organisers:
Prof M.Van Moffaert & Prof. W. Vandereycken. Information:
University Hospital, Psychosomatic Centre, De Pintelaan 185, 9000
Ghent, Belgium.
- TWO-DAY COURSE ON EATING DISORDERS
- The 8th annual multi-disciplinary meeting for training in
eating disorders. This year's special guests are the Norwegian
Eating Disorders Prevention Team. Fee £140 Venue: Institute
of Psychiatry, London, UK. September 29-30th, 1994. Organisers:
Dr. J Treasure, Institute of Psychiatry, London SE5 8AF, UK Information:
Mrs. Wilding, Conference Office, Institute of Psychiatry, +44
(0)71 919 3170
As you know membership of the E.C.E.D is a free and no charges are
made to members for receiving the newsletter. We are a non-profit
making organisation and our sponsorship comes from a small grant
from the Charter Clinic, London. In addition Ely Lilley Ltd have
contribute to expenses for the General Meetings. The cost of producing
and posting this present newsletter has been met by those publishers
whose leaflets are enclosed.
The E.C.E.D continues to have a policy of not releasing our list
of members for any advertising purposes such as to conferences
organisers and publishers. However, we are happy to provide information
to members on forthcoming meetings and publications via this newsletter.
If you are involved in any relevant venture please contact E.C.E.D
in London with the information. We hope to put out the newsletter
twice yearly so please send us any information on publications,
meetings, research, or just general news We need lots of input
from all over Europe to keep the newsletter alive and interesting.
That's all for now, I hope you will
find this information useful, any feedback would really be appreciated
. Please remember we can only produce these newsletters if we
have news to share so PLEASE send any news or requests you have
to the E.C.E.D for the next one . I hope to see many of you at the
special meeting of the ECPR in Ghent in August.
(18.ii.98: Bridget has gone on to pastures newer and greener so please don't write to her here anymore)
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