We say good byes but we welcome new members of the team as well to expand peace pathway peacepathway.org work to ADHD to make Eating disorder services more neurodivergent friendly @KateTchanturia some of the members of the bigger team are exited to build more bridges!
🧠Autistic people with EDs face unique barriers to care. This paper explores how the #PEACEPathway—a tailored, autism-informed ED approach—improves engagement. 8 key domains emerged, leading to a practical self-assessment checklist for services.
mdpi.com/2072-6643/17/9/1532
The IoPPN Research Festival is back! Join us on 14 May for a afternoon session to learn the latest innovative research from @KingsCollegeLon's staff, from ethical #ai in healthcare to reproducing psychedelic effects with a placebo.
Register now:
kcl.ac.uk/events/ioppn-resea…
ALT Blue and yellow background with two shadowed faces facing each other.
King's College London logo in top right corner.
Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience. IoPPN Research Festival 2025. Bridging disciplines, brain to behaviour
14.00-17.00 Wednesday 14 May 2025
We @EDACautism_ED launched our exhibition on Friday and Saturday. We were over the moon that so many participants and collaborators were able to make it along. @EDAC is more than a research grant or network – we are a #community of #Autistic people, (1/2)
ALT A wide open space with 3 frames which have canvases that are lit up. The canvases have a selection of images and text outlining the experiences of Autistic people with Eating Disorders. There is a projector above the canvases.
ALT A wide open space with 2 frames which have canvases that are lit up. The canvases have a selection of images and text outlining the experiences of Autistic people with Eating Disorders. There is a projector above the canvases. A stand displaying menu sheets that detail how eating environments can be improved for Autistic people. In front of a stand is a white table with a blank eating environment sheet and instructions for visitors to have a go at designing autism affirming eating environments. Behind one of the canvases is a big grey column and behind that is a stand with images displayed representing the experiences of an Autistic person with Intellectual Disability who also had an eating disorder. There is a row of projectors above the stands and canvases.
ALT Woman standing with microphone in front of a slide in the background that says ‘The Eating Disorders and Autism Collaborative (EDAC) is a UK wide collaborative network that aims to bridge the gap between autism and eating disorders research. EDACResearch.co.uk’ with the symbol for EDAC (which is a purple and green circle interlinking around a white neurodiversity symbol). Behind the woman is two seats and a table.
ALT Woman standing with microphone in front of some seated guests with a slide in the background that says ‘The Eating Disorders and Autism Collaborative (EDAC) is a UK wide collaborative network that aims to bridge the gap between autism and eating disorders research. EDACResearch.co.uk’ with the symbol for EDAC (which is a purple and green circle interlinking around a white neurodiversity symbol). Behind the woman is two seats and a table.
We are recruiting clinicians in eating disorder services to think about barriers and enablers for implementing autism affirming care e.g @PEACE_Pathway . If you would be willing to be interviewed over TEAMS there is more information and sign up here! edinburgh.eu.qualtrics.com/j…
Just a reminder we have our exhibition in Inspace at Crichton street from 1st-8th March (closed sun/tues/thurs). Here is a video made by our awesome researcher @eatsleeplaugh to help you find us!
We are very excited to be hosting a week long exhibition using EDAC images from our photovoice study highlighting the experience of being Autistic with an eating disorder and research priorities.
Please do pop in if you are in Edinburgh inspace.ed.ac.uk/youre-not-a…
ALT Written details of exhibition at top of image with photograph of person holding up a cup and two silver spoons against a turquoise background.. Details are "you are not alone" is a photovoice exhibition presenting the experiences and research priorities of autistic people with eating disorders. The exhibition will feature photographs, drawings and digital art produced through research conducted by the Eating Disorders and Autism Collaborative. Date 1st to 8th march, 10am to 5pm, free drop in. Closed Sunday Tuesday and Thursday. Location is at inscape, 1 Crichton street, Newington, Edinburgh, EH8 9AB
Are you a health care professional working in #EatingDisorders?
@KateTchanturia & her team’s workshop ‘Link between Eating disorders and #Autism: PEACE pathway Conference’ will share specially developed resources to take back to your clinic.
Register: bit.ly/3Sk2Xgl
ALT Link between Eating Disorders and Autism: PEACE Pathway Conference
Tuesday 20 May 2025 | 10:00 - 16:00
Online via MS Teams
7 CPD Accredited Points
£50 - Fee includes delegate pack and electronic access to speakers' presentations
@peacepathway peacepathway.org
PEACE: Pathway for Eating Disorders and Autism developed from Clinical Experience
Logos for the Maudsley Charity, National Autistic Society, the Health Foundation, South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust, and King's College London
🧠Autism & ADHD are more common in adults with BN/BED, yet patient experiences & treatment options remain underexplored. More research is needed to improve care & outcomes. Read this recent review here:
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/…
You’re Not Alone exhibition will showcase the creative work resulting from a participatory community research project with @EDACautism_ED that uses photos and storytelling as the tools to connect and share perspectives.
#Photovoice#research#data#community#exhibitions
ALT Image of hand holding a plastic cup with two metal spoons in front of a green background
Great to see ED research looking beyond the lens of anorexia and also inclusive of ADHD and autism.... 👌 European Eating Disorders Review | Eating Disorders Journal | Wiley Online Library onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/…
New publication with @eatsleeplaugh @emy_nimbley, Emma Clark, Lisa Thomson and Rachel loomes on clinicians experience of eating disorder focused family therapy (FBT/FT-AN) with Autistic young people and their families. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/…