Bodywhys Podcast

TW: This episode discusses specific numbers and weights. 

In this episode, Barry, our Research and Policy Officer, speaks to Jenny Langley, Keith Russell and Dr Jason Nagata about men’s experiences of eating disorders.

Jenny's website: https://newmaudsleycarers-kent.co.uk/

Keith's podcast 'The Endless Spiral': https://theendlessspiral.com/

Dr. Jason Nagata (Assistant Professor of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine, UC San Francisco): https://profiles.ucsf.edu/jason.nagata

Resources and studies mentioned:

Medical Management of Restrictive Eating Disorders in Adolescents and Young Adults

https://www.jahonline.org/article/S1054-139X(22)00577-8/fulltext

Sex differences and associations between zinc deficiency and anemia among hospitalized adolescents and young adults with eating disorders https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s40519-022-01396-5

Relative energy deficiency in sport (RED-S)

https://www.sportireland.ie/institute/performance-service/nutrition/red-s

In this episode, Harriet and Jenny focus on the final component of the planning for change module: SMART goals and the anxiety hierarchy.

You can find Jenny's website here: https://newmaudsleycarers-kent.co.uk

In this episode, Harriet and Jenny continue with an exploration of thinking about change, and motivating carers and people with an ED to change. Today’s episode will focus on the DARN-C skill and Solution Focused Questioning. Another skill to have in your tool box when you are thinking about change or helping your loved one to think about change.

You can find Jenny's website here: https://newmaudsleycarers-kent.co.uk

Content warning: This episode discusses self-harm. Please know, Pieta provides support to people who are in suicidal distress and those who engage in self-harm. Pieta Free 24/7 Crisis helpline: 1800 247 247 (For more see: https://www.pieta.ie/)

In this episode, Harriet and Jenny talk through planning for change, using the New Maudsley Model's 5 Step Approach to change. This episode focuses on how carers can work with the person with an eating disorder to introduce, plan, implement and review behaviour change experiments. As with the last episode, a key message is to take the path of least resistance. Our confidence builds as we experiment and experience change, and this approach helps us all to do that.

You can find Jenny's website here: https://newmaudsleycarers-kent.co.uk

In this episode, Barry speaks to Samantha Whithnell of the Psychobiology of Eating and Related Disorders (PEAR) lab to talk about her research into Other Specified Feeding or Eating Disorders (OSFED).

The study mentioned 'How Different Are Threshold and Other Specified Feeding and Eating Disorders? Comparing Severity and Treatment Outcome' can be accessed here: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8898928/

Other resources:

NEDC Management of eating disorders for people with higher weight: clinical practice guideline: https://nedc.com.au/eating-disorder-resources/clinical-practice-guideline/

If you have any questions, you can reach Barry on: [email protected]

In this episode Harriet and Jenny talk through planning for change, using the New Maudsley Model's 5 Step Approach to change. This episode focuses on how carers can first practice this approach themselves, and in the following podcast episode, we will learn how to work with a person with an eating disorder, to plan and implement change. A key message is to take the path of least resistance. Our confidence builds as we experiment and experience change, and this approach helps us all to do that.

In this episode, Harriet and Jenny talk about The Accommodation and Enabling Scale for Eating Disorders. As Jenny writes in the manual, “ It is common for the eating disorder to cause carers to do things we refer to a enabling and accommodating to the Edi. This scale is used at the Maudsley to help carers to reflect on whether and how they accommodate and enable the eating disorder by submitting to the eating disorder voice.” 

You can find Jenny's website here: https://newmaudsleycarers-kent.co.uk

In this episode, Harriet and Jenny talk about The Reassurance Trap, a trap that we all fall into, and need to think about. As Jenny writes, “Carers often get caught up in the reassurance trap and can see no way out. A vicious cycle ensues in which Edi asks for more and more reassurance and there is no obvious learning to change happening. This is exhausting and quickly becomes counterproductive.” This episode helps us to think through both why carers get caught in this trap and how they can start to avoid it.

In this episode, Harriet and Jenny talk about building and improving emotional intelligence using five key principles (DEARS). An important part of the New Maudsley Model is working with carers to develop their emotional intelligence and in turn role modelling this for their loved one with an eating disorder. There are many important skills that the workshops focus on to do this and one is DEARS - five key principles for helping to develop emotional intelligence. The five key principles are; Develop Discrepancy, Express Empathy, Amplify Ambivalence, Roll with Resistance, Support Self-Efficacy. This episode explains these principles and illustrates these advanced communication skills.

You can find Jenny's website here: https://newmaudsleycarers-kent.co.uk

In this episode, Harriet and Jenny talk about the Decisional balance. Following the previous episode on the stages of change model, the decisional balance is a tool “to help carers to empathise with the conflicts/internal dialogue Edi is facing as they progress through the stages of change.

You can find Jenny's website here: https://newmaudsleycarers-kent.co.uk