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EDucation Webinars
Eating Disorders Families Australia delivers twice-monthly EDucation Webinars for families and carers of individuals with eating disorders.
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Watch a RecordingRenowned Eating Disorder Therapist, Carolyn Costin, joined EDFA at an EDucation Webinar. This webinar is freely available to Australian carers to learn more about how to strengthen your loved one’s ‘healthy self’. For access to our full library of recordings, join EDFA today!
Upcoming Webinars
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Recovery From An Eating Disorder As An Elite Athlete
Brock McLean
Ex AFL Footballer
Thursday, October 3, 8-9.15pm AEST
This will be an interactive Q&A session with Brock.
Brock McLean is a former professional athlete, whose career spanned 11 years in the Australian Football League, playing 157 games for Melbourne and Carlton.
During his time playing AFL football (and even for some time after he finished his AFL career), Brock suffered from bulimia nervosa. This tied in with other mental health issues he was experiencing at the time, such as depression and anxiety. Overall, his struggles lasted more than 10 years. More recently Brock has developed an interest in the potential of psychedelics to treat underlying mental health conditions.
Brock wants to help people understand more about eating disorders, who is affected by them and that recovery is possible if treatment is sought. He is also passionate about changing the narrative around our concept of vulnerability and how we perceive it, in particular, among the male population.
Come and hear Brock talk about his story, the pressures he was under to look a certain way and be a certain weight/musculature during his AFL career, what recovery looked like for Brock and his advocacy work around mental health and eating disorders today.
Advocacy In Mental Health
Representative from Independent Mental Health Advocacy (IMHA)
Thursday, September 19, 8-9.15pm AEST
The Independent Mental Health Advocacy (IMHA) is a free Victorian state-wide non-legal advocacy service for people receiving, or at risk of receiving, compulsory treatment under the Mental Health and Wellbeing Act 2022 (Vic). IMHA is funded by The Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) and was originally set up as a part of the Mental Health Act 2014 reforms.
IMHA supports consumers to understand and exercise their rights under the Act by:
- Providing information on rights/options (e.g. second opinion, advance statements) and supporting self-advocacy
- Supporting people to be involved in decisions about their mental health assessment, treatment, and recovery
- Advocating to treating teams
- Connecting people to other services e.g. Second Psychiatric Opinion Service (SPOS) and the Mental Health Coordinating Council (MHCC)
Although the IMHA is a Victorian service, the information provided by this webinar is relevant to all carers in other States and Territories when advocating for their loved one at risk of, or on, a compulsory treatment order.
IMHA’s advocates include Child and Youth Advocates and First Nations Advocates. The Child and Youth Advocates will be providing an IMHA information session to the EDFA Community Thursday 19th September. They will be available for questions and answers after sharing information.
