Eating Disorder Services Qld
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Providing care and support for people experiencing an eating disorder, as well as their carers.
Through individual and group therapy, peer mentoring and community-building we aim to relieve the burden for everyone concerned. Eating Disorder Services Qld since 1996.
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What do we know about eating disorders?
There’s a lot we don’t know. But there are also a few things we do.
They include: the common age of onset is during adolescence. There are no known biological causes of eating disorders and eating disorders occur predominately within Western countries.
It is now widely recognised that eating disorders are caused by a complex interplay of individual, family, and social factors. 5 key factors can contribute to - and maintain - eating disorders. These are: society & culture; gender; family & personal relationships; individual; and a complex interaction of some or all of the above factors.