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Jan 2023
44m 55s

Ep 50: Identifying and supporting those ...

Rachel Evans
About this episode

This week I am joined by Hope Virgo, Suzanna Samaka and Sharon White; three inspirational women involved in the development and promotion of The Eating Disorder Toolkits for school nurses, educators and carers. In this episode we discuss the Toolkits as well as ...

  • the latest research on trends in eating disorder development
  • why there can still be a taboo around eating disorders and what we can do to remove it
  • empowering society to be able to speak about eating disorders
  • how school nurses and other staff can have the right conversations around eating disorders
  • the impact of social media on eating and body dissatisfaction
  • campaigning and change at a political level


Resources:

Download the toolkit - https://saphna.co/homepage/toolkits/eating-disorder-toolkit/

https://www.change.org/p/amend-the-social-media-law-to-label-content-that-has-been-digitally-edited-or-filtered

https://www.change.org/p/eating-disorders-are-not-just-about-weight-dumpthescales


Connect with Rachel.

Dr. Rachel Evans is a psychologist, hypnotherapist and eating disorder survivor. She brings together academic knowledge and theories, therapeutic skills and personal experience for a unique perspective on eating disorder recovery. Rachel helps ambitious women to stop restricting, bingeing and purging. and to feel comfortable in their body.

https://eatingdisordertherapist.co.uk/

https://www.instagram.com/rachel.evans.phd/

https://www.facebook.com/rachel.evans.phd


Connect with this weeks guests:

instagram.com/protectyouthmentalhealth/

https://www.instagram.com/hopevirgo_/


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