If you've experienced trauma you could be at risk for an eating disorder
We should let you know that this episode discusses sexual abuse and comes with a trigger warning. It's about trauma, which is an individual’s response to an event or series of events that have deeply ...
6 Feb 202426min
In Depth with Harvard’s change maker Professor S. Bryn Austin
This month we’re talking to a distinguished social epidemiologist and behavioural scientist at the Harvard Chan School of Public Health. Her name is Professor Bryn Austin, and her research focuses on ...
2 Jan 202424min
Under-diagnosed and poorly treated: Eating disorders in larger bodies
We’re talking about the higher-weight paradox, particularly when well-meaning health professionals can trigger an eating disorder or make one worse. Not everything health issue is solved by losing we...
5 Dec 202327min
ANZAED 23: Still more to learn from the latest in research
At the recent Australia and New Zealand Academy for Eating Disorders conference on the Gold Coast, we spoke to experts about new and groundbreaking insights into eating disorders. This episode is the ...
31 Okt 202332min
In depth with lived experience advocate Shannon Calvert
The key to understanding any mental illness is to listen to those who have been through it. Not only can the voices of those with lived experience of an eating disorder help those who are currently im...
3 Okt 202324min
The latest in diagnosis and care from the annual ANZAED conference
We snuck into the annual Australia and New Zealand Academy for Eating Disorders (ANZAED) conference to illuminate the future of eating disorder diagnosis and care. We recorded on-site at the conferenc...
5 Sep 202330min
In depth with former helpline manager Juliette Thomson on person-centred recovery
According to the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, the DSM-V–also known as the psychiatrist’s bible–there are only four official diagnoses for eating disorders. Though experts exp...
1 Aug 202325min
What medications can help you recover from an eating disorder?
There’s a medication for almost every illness, and that’s true for mental illnesses,including eating disorders. But how do they work, and how do they help? We’relaunching our fourth season of Butterfl...
4 Juli 202336min
