Barwon Health's Eating Disorders Service provides assessment and treatment recommendations for clients with an eating disorder and offers a secondary consultation service to GPs and other healthcare providers.
The target group:
- Clients predominantly
between 12-25 years presenting with anorexia, and/or bulimia.
- GPs and other services,
including schools who may be working with young people with eating
disorders.
What the program offers:
- Assessment of young people with disordered eating
- Reporting and
recommendations to the treating doctor regarding ongoing management of clients
with an eating disorder.
- Secondary consultation,
education, training and support to GPs and services working with young people
who may be experiencing eating disorders.
- For a small number of
clients, in partnership with their GP the team may provide specialist treatment
of eating disorders or linkages to private providers who can provide
treatment.
- This service has no scope
to manage emergency or crisis presentations.
The emergency and referral phone contact is 5226 7410 (24 hours).
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