Eating Disorder Information for Austria
Events
October 18–20, 2012: Eating Disorders Alpbach 2012 ,Anorexia & Bulimia nervosa, Binge Eating Disorder, Adipositas/Obesity. The 20th International Conference, Alpbach, Tyrol, Austria. All sessions are open to suffers, carers/ relatives, and clinicians/ researchers. Info
Resources
Austrian Society on Eating Disorders(ASED) The Professional Austrian Eating Disorder Society is a scientific society located in Innsbruck encompassing the whole of Austria. It was founded in 2000 as a non profit organisation. The ASED is the first German scientific society on Eating Disorders.
NETZWERK ESSSTÖRUNGEN: Austrian Patient & Carers Organisation
Research
European Research Projects on Eating Disorders
Vienna General Hospital, Medical University of Vienna
Dept. of Paediatric Neuropsychiatry
Austrian project leader: Univ. Prof. Andreas Karwautz M.D.
Homepage: http://www.univie.ac.at/essstoerungen
German Research Project on Eating Disorders (Clinic Roseneck)
http://www.uni-leipzig.de
Professional Training
Eating Disorders Training
Postgraduate Training Course in Treatment of Eating Disorders
This is the first German language postgraduate training into the treatment of ED and has been running since 2000. This training is multidisciplinary and oriented at integrating different psychotherapy schools and methods.
The whole course consists of 200 training hours over 18 months. It is approved by the Austrian Psychotherapy Board as a postgraduate specialisation into treatment of ED. It is also approved by the Austrian Medical Association (for GPs, internal medicine, social medicine, psychiatry, pediatrics & gynaecology), the Austrian Psychological Association and by the Austrian Association of Dieticians. It aims at delivering basic expertise in the diagnosis, treatment and prevention of ED...learn more
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