our role in managing eating disorders by dr jeremy alford founder & president clinical...

Our Role in Managing Eating DisordersBy Dr Jeremy AlfordFounder & PresidentClinical Psychologist

URL: www.meeda.meFacebook: www.facebook.com/meedassociation

Twitter: Meeda@TheMeedaEmail: [email protected]

• Founded in 2009• Non- Profit Organization• Volunteer Professionals• Currently in Lebanon, Kuwait, UAE, Qatar• Also included is Turkey• Other countries soon


Twitter: Meeda@TheMeeda

Our Five Pillars

1.Raising Awareness2.Prevention3.Research 4.Support5.Work Together



Many Variations

•Anorexia Nervosa•Bulimia Nervosa•Binge Eating Disorder•Obesity•Anorexia Athletica•Over Exercise

•Overeating•Night Eating Syndrome•Orthorexia•Bigorexia•Rumination Disorders



Early intervention

Provide on going presentations and workshops in schools to:

• Educate Parents• Educate Children & Adolescents• Teach Teachers



ED Conference• In December 2012, we presented MEEDA at

the ED conference held in Abu Dhabi, organized by the American Center Psychiatry & Neurology (ACPN)

• Saturday 1st of June 2013, in collaboration with the ACPN, the second ED conference is being held in Dubai

Professional Trainings

Will provide accredited trainings in collaboration with the National Center For Eating Disorders in the UK.

(British Psychological Society approved courses).



Current Study Aim

• Assess levels of awareness of ED among college students.

• The study design has been kept short and simple by using a cross-sectional approach including 2 questionnaires (EAT and EDAT). We are targeting student populations (S=200).

• Findings will provide us with important insights and will help tailoring culturally sensitive prevention strategies and treatment options.

Support & Aim

• We encourage those with ED to attend support groups.

• Overeaters Anonymous is a 12 steps program for compulsive eaters.

• We aim to provide different types of support groups.

• We also aim to put together an online helpline

Working on

• Interactive website which we urgently need to have translated into Arabic.

• We are preparing to have a first fundraising event in September 2013.

• Leaflets on different eating disorders for schools, teachers, parents and students will be distributed.

So Far• Distributed flyers in schools and general clinics in the

UAE & Kuwait• TV interviews and talk shows in Lebanon and the GCC• Free workshops eg. At the AUD • TV segment filmed and broadcasted with live

testimony of a sufferer for the international awareness week

• Present in the 1st Mental Health & Women conference in the Gulf in March 2013

How You Can Help

• Become a Friend of MEEDA• Become a Professional Member• Volunteer to help us• Follow us on social medias• Spread the word



THANK YOU!



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