European Chapter Event

 "Moving to a better world for patients and carers with eating disorders"
European Chapter of Academy for Eating Disorders Meeting
7 June 2022
1PM- 5PM CET (12PM to 4PM UK Time/7AM-11AM ET/New York Time)
Live on Zoom platform and also available as recorded session

12:50 to 1:00

Log-in and warming to start on Zoom.


1:00 to 1:10

Plenary Session 1

Welcome & Introduction

Chair: Professor Umberto Nizzoli

President of the European Chapter of Academy for Eating Disorders, Ex-President, SISDCA (Italian Society for Food Behavior Disorders)

1:10 to 2:00
Key Note

“Rebooting Eating Disorder Services”

Professor Janet Treasure

Director of the Eating Disorder Unit and Professor of Psychiatry at the Institute of Psychiatry, King's College, London

2:00 to 2:20

Negative and positive affect as mediators between early childhood parent's empathy & intrusiveness and the addiction in Women

Orly Yona Drori

Clinical dietitian B.Sc, MSW, PHD St' at Bar Ilan University, the school of social work.  Lev Hasharon Mental Health Center, Israel.


2:40 to 3:00

Parent’s experience of caring for their children with Anorexia Nervosa: What can help the family?

Dr. Ashish Kumar

Consultant Psychiatrist, Vice Chair, Faculty of Eating Disorders, Royal College of Psychiatrists,  & Associate Medical Director & Clinical Lead for Eating Disorder Services for Children and Young People, Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust, UK Ex-President, European Chapter of the Academy for Eating Disorders


3:00-3:10

Break Refreshments and Poster Viewing


3:10- 3:55

Plenary Session 2

New Research In Eating Disorders: Presentations from Young Researchers

Chair: Prof. Yael Latzer

Head, School of Social Work, Professor, Faculty of Social Welfare and Health Sciences, University of Haifa, Mount Carmel, Haifa, Israel


3:10 to 3:25

Shared Decision Making and Autonomic Motivation in The Treatment for Anorexia Nervosa: A Pilot RCT

Alberte Jansingh

Clinical psychologist, Behaviour therapist, Altrecht Eating Disorders, Rintveld, Zeist, Utrecht, The Netherlands

3.25-3:40

A transdiagnostic approach to interpersonal functioning and eating disorder symptoms in individuals with Anorexia Nervosa and Obesity: A comparison of two studies

Katie Rowlands & Robyn Yellowlees

Research Assistant & PhD Student, Eating Disorders Research Group, IoPPN, Department of Psychological Medicine, Kings College London

3:40-3:55

Eating behaviours of Women with Autism Spectrum Disorder - A Review

Sabrina Schröder

Lecturer at department of Clinical Psychology, Utrecht University, The Netherlands

3:55- 5:20

Plenary Session 3

Chair: Dr. Ashish Kumar

Vice Chair, Faculty of Eating Disorders, Royal College of Psychiatrists,  & Associate Medical Director & Clinical Lead for Eating Disorder Services for Children and Young People, Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust, UK; Ex-President, European Chapter of the Academy for Eating Disorders


3:55 - 4:15

The Social Costs of Eating Disorders in the UK

Hope Virgo

Author and Multi Award Winning Mental Health Campaigner / Public Speaker 

Dr. Agnes Ayton

Consultant psychiatrist, Honorary Senior Lecturer at University of Oxford, Clinical Director HOPE PC TV,  Chair of Faculty of Eating Disorders RCPsych


4:15 to 5:05

Key Note: Advances in Eating Disorder Treatment

"Hot off the Press! Eating Disorders, Genes and Environment”

Professor Cynthia Bulik

Distinguished Professor of Eating Disorders, Department of Psychiatry, School of Medicine
Professor of Nutrition, Gillings School of Global Public Health
Founding Director, UNC Center of Excellence for Eating Disorders
Co-Director, UNC Center for Psychiatric Genomics
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill


5:05 to 5:20 PM

Discussion, Q&A and Closure