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Male Special Interest Group

The Male Special Interest Group is a diverse group of clinicians, researchers and students dedicated to the prevention and treatment of males with eating disorders.

Goals:

  • To advocate for this population to AED members and the public at large
  • To increase the capacity among clinicians to successfully evaluate, treat, and understand this often overlooked population
  • To increase research regarding males and eating disorders so as to better understand incidence, prevalence, etiology, and avenues for treatment

Toward this end, we have laid out several key objectives that we believe help both clinicians and researchers more successfully evaluate, treat, and understand men with eating disorders.

Objectives:

  • Evaluate the literature on males with eating disorders so as to
    • summarize the current state of knowledge
    • identify relevant areas for future research
    • develop a literature-based fact sheet that is accessible to a wide audience
  • Create a Web site for men with eating disorders and the clinicians working with men. The purpose of this Web site is to establish a place where clinicians, men with eating disorders and the general public can learn more about eating disorders and treatment for men
  • Hold a plenary at the AED conference (Read summary of 2005 Plenary)

The Male SIG has a number of exciting objectives for the upcoming year, and we invite participation from our fellow AED members for any and all of our projects Our group is chaired by Dr. Mark Warren, and co-chaired by Dr. Rita DeBate and Dr. Tom Hildebrandt. We would like to encourage our fellow members to join the Male Eating Disorders SIG regardless of preexisting knowledge.

For those who are interested or would like to learn more, we will be creating subcommittees based on our three objectives and encourage our members to contact us through e-mail about interest in any or all of them. Feel free to get in touch with us at the following addresses:

Thomas Hildebrandt, PsyM
Mark Warren, MD, MPH
Rita Debate, Ph

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