EATING DISORDERS EXPERT PANEL Q&A

About the session:

A panel meeting of 4 experts in the field of eating disorders:

• Warren Ward – Psychiatrist – Director of the Queensland Eating Disorders Service (QuEDS) and Associate Professor of Psychiatry at the University of Queensland.
• Dr. Kiera Buchanan – Clinical Psychologist – She is the founding director of Centre for Integrative Health – she holds a dual Doctorate of Clinical Psychology and Health Psychology.
• Jocelyn Culpitt – Mental Health Nurse – extensive work with community members impacted by eating disorders.
• Winten Copeland – Dietician – APD,CEDC She is the senior dietitian for the Eating Disorder Service- Sunshine Coast.

This is a fantastic opportunity to expand your knowledge in the field, ask any questions, and network with leading health professionals in your community. When registering for the meeting please feel free to add any questions for the panelists in the comments section.

Speaker information:

• Warren Ward – PSYCHIATRIST
  Warren Ward is Director of the Queensland Eating Disorders Service (QuEDS) and Associate Professor of Psychiatry at the University of Queensland. He is Chair of the Queensland Health Eating Disorder Advisory Group and co-author of the Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatry (RANZCP) Clinical Practice Guidelines for Eating Disorders. In 2017 he received the Australian and New Zealand Academy of Eating Disorders (ANZAED) Distinguished Achievement Award. In 2018 he was elected a Fellow of the International Academy of Eating Disorders. He has published more than forty articles and book chapters, most of them on eating disorders. He was recently appointed Medical Director of Wandi Nerida, Australia’s first residential program for eating disorders.
• Dr. Kiera Buchanan – CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGIST
  Dr. Kiera Buchanan is the founding director of Centre for Integrative Health. Kiera is registered as both a Clinical Psychologist and a Health Psychologist after completing the dual Doctorate of Clinical Psychology and Health Psychology. Kiera is an executive committee member for the Queensland Eating Disorder Advisory Group, as well as a former executive of the Australia & New Zealand Academy for Eating Disorders (ANZAED). Kiera’s areas of interest lie within eating behaviours, body image, and self-compassion as she has done extensive research and has an abundance of clinical experience in these fields. Kiera has published an plethora of papers, presented at conferences and facilitated the training and supervision of numerous practitioners.
• Jocelyn Culpitt – MENTAL HEALTH NURSE
  Jocelyn Culpitt is a mental health nurse who has worked with people affected by eating disorders in the mental health inpatient and community settings.
• Winten Copeland – DIETICIAN
  Winten Copeland, APD CEDC is the senior dietitian for the Eating Disorder Service- Sunshine Coast. She has experience in community and inpatient mental health and eating disorders, using a non-diet approach. Copeland is currently completing her PhD in interventions for ARFID.