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Hi BlueSky!
We're EDGI UK, an online research study exploring the genetic and environmental influences of all eating disorders
Our study is open to anyone
⭐16+
⭐residing in England
⭐Has ever experienced an eating (diagnosis not required)
Join today: edgiuk.org
We're EDGI UK, an online research study exploring the genetic and environmental influences of all eating disorders
Our study is open to anyone
⭐16+
⭐residing in England
⭐Has ever experienced an eating (diagnosis not required)
Join today: edgiuk.org
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🗣️ Give peer supporters a seat at the table.
Lizzie Mitchell warned that without valuing their voices, we risk burnout and moral injury in peer workers.
🎥 Watch Lizzie (from 27:45): buff.ly/ESrkyQz
#PeerSupport #MentalHealth #Recovery
Lizzie Mitchell warned that without valuing their voices, we risk burnout and moral injury in peer workers.
🎥 Watch Lizzie (from 27:45): buff.ly/ESrkyQz
#PeerSupport #MentalHealth #Recovery
September 30, 2025 at 10:02 AM
🗣️ Give peer supporters a seat at the table.
Lizzie Mitchell warned that without valuing their voices, we risk burnout and moral injury in peer workers.
🎥 Watch Lizzie (from 27:45): buff.ly/ESrkyQz
#PeerSupport #MentalHealth #Recovery
Lizzie Mitchell warned that without valuing their voices, we risk burnout and moral injury in peer workers.
🎥 Watch Lizzie (from 27:45): buff.ly/ESrkyQz
#PeerSupport #MentalHealth #Recovery
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The Eating Disorders Genetics Initiative @edgiuk.bsky.social needs you!
EDGI are looking for people with experience of any eating disorder (formal diagnosis not required!) to take part in their groundbreaking research on eating disorders.
⭐Be part of change. Sign up now👉 edgiuk.org
EDGI are looking for people with experience of any eating disorder (formal diagnosis not required!) to take part in their groundbreaking research on eating disorders.
⭐Be part of change. Sign up now👉 edgiuk.org
Eating Disorders Genetics Initiative | EDGI UK
The Eating Disorders Genetics Initiative is a project set up by King's College London, in collaboration with Beat, to explore genetic and environmental risk factors for eating disorders.
edgiuk.org
August 21, 2025 at 9:44 AM
The Eating Disorders Genetics Initiative @edgiuk.bsky.social needs you!
EDGI are looking for people with experience of any eating disorder (formal diagnosis not required!) to take part in their groundbreaking research on eating disorders.
⭐Be part of change. Sign up now👉 edgiuk.org
EDGI are looking for people with experience of any eating disorder (formal diagnosis not required!) to take part in their groundbreaking research on eating disorders.
⭐Be part of change. Sign up now👉 edgiuk.org
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Ketamine is a fast-acting antidepressant that works even for patients who don't respond to other medication.
The @kingsioppn.bsky.social discovery that the drug's antidepressant effects involve the brain’s opioid system offer insight into how it treats depression.
www.kcl.ac.uk/news/ketamin...
The @kingsioppn.bsky.social discovery that the drug's antidepressant effects involve the brain’s opioid system offer insight into how it treats depression.
www.kcl.ac.uk/news/ketamin...
Ketamine could treat depression by interacting with the brain's 'opioid system'
New research has found that Ketamine's antidepressant effects involve the brain’s opioid system.
www.kcl.ac.uk
July 24, 2025 at 9:30 AM
Ketamine is a fast-acting antidepressant that works even for patients who don't respond to other medication.
The @kingsioppn.bsky.social discovery that the drug's antidepressant effects involve the brain’s opioid system offer insight into how it treats depression.
www.kcl.ac.uk/news/ketamin...
The @kingsioppn.bsky.social discovery that the drug's antidepressant effects involve the brain’s opioid system offer insight into how it treats depression.
www.kcl.ac.uk/news/ketamin...
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; weight loss jabs are "functioning as medically-prescribed eating disorders." 👏🏻👏🏻
sadly, this is 100% accurate and making the jab so widely available will cause untold amounts of harm.
this article is well worth a read.
via @dumpthescales.bsky.social
www.endeatingdisorders.org/post/from-wh...
sadly, this is 100% accurate and making the jab so widely available will cause untold amounts of harm.
this article is well worth a read.
via @dumpthescales.bsky.social
www.endeatingdisorders.org/post/from-wh...
Weight loss are functioning as a medically-prescribed eating disorder.
From what I can see, these jabs are functioning as a medically-prescribed eating disorder.
I am watching friends and loved ones engage in the behaviours I worked so hard to address. I am watching the...
www.endeatingdisorders.org
July 16, 2025 at 8:46 PM
; weight loss jabs are "functioning as medically-prescribed eating disorders." 👏🏻👏🏻
sadly, this is 100% accurate and making the jab so widely available will cause untold amounts of harm.
this article is well worth a read.
via @dumpthescales.bsky.social
www.endeatingdisorders.org/post/from-wh...
sadly, this is 100% accurate and making the jab so widely available will cause untold amounts of harm.
this article is well worth a read.
via @dumpthescales.bsky.social
www.endeatingdisorders.org/post/from-wh...
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A privilege to be back in Parliament this week for an event organised as part of the APPG on Eating Disorders with @hopevirgo.bsky.social and @werahobhouse.bsky.social.
A wonderful opportunity to chat about EDCRN @edgiuk.bsky.social and the importance of continued investment in ED research.
A wonderful opportunity to chat about EDCRN @edgiuk.bsky.social and the importance of continued investment in ED research.
June 20, 2025 at 10:04 AM
A privilege to be back in Parliament this week for an event organised as part of the APPG on Eating Disorders with @hopevirgo.bsky.social and @werahobhouse.bsky.social.
A wonderful opportunity to chat about EDCRN @edgiuk.bsky.social and the importance of continued investment in ED research.
A wonderful opportunity to chat about EDCRN @edgiuk.bsky.social and the importance of continued investment in ED research.
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Thank you so much for joining us yesterday @paulkohlersw19.bsky.social at the APPG for Eating Disorders and for always being such a huge supporter of our campaigning work!
We're sure the @edgiuk.bsky.social team loved meeting you and chatting all things research and genetics!
We're sure the @edgiuk.bsky.social team loved meeting you and chatting all things research and genetics!
June 19, 2025 at 9:05 AM
Thank you so much for joining us yesterday @paulkohlersw19.bsky.social at the APPG for Eating Disorders and for always being such a huge supporter of our campaigning work!
We're sure the @edgiuk.bsky.social team loved meeting you and chatting all things research and genetics!
We're sure the @edgiuk.bsky.social team loved meeting you and chatting all things research and genetics!
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@edgiuk.bsky.social EDGI UK paper alert - in this paper RA and PhD student Saakshi Kakar worked on using the free text responses in EDGI and also the GLAD study @gladstudy.bsky.social to find new information about eating disorder symptoms.
🚨New paper alert!
In my first first-author paper for my #PhD, we explored free-text responses from 1,600+ people with #eatingdisorders to better understand the diverse behaviours used to lose weight, many of which fall outside diagnostic criteria
Here's what we found👇
In my first first-author paper for my #PhD, we explored free-text responses from 1,600+ people with #eatingdisorders to better understand the diverse behaviours used to lose weight, many of which fall outside diagnostic criteria
Here's what we found👇
June 18, 2025 at 3:59 PM
@edgiuk.bsky.social EDGI UK paper alert - in this paper RA and PhD student Saakshi Kakar worked on using the free text responses in EDGI and also the GLAD study @gladstudy.bsky.social to find new information about eating disorder symptoms.
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Thank you so much to everyone who came along including @edgiuk.bsky.social, @rachelegan.bsky.social, @priyatew.bsky.social
@annacarnegie.bsky.social and of course a huge big thank you to @werahobhouse.bsky.social @hopevirgo.bsky.social for pulling it altogether!
@annacarnegie.bsky.social and of course a huge big thank you to @werahobhouse.bsky.social @hopevirgo.bsky.social for pulling it altogether!
June 18, 2025 at 8:26 PM
Thank you so much to everyone who came along including @edgiuk.bsky.social, @rachelegan.bsky.social, @priyatew.bsky.social
@annacarnegie.bsky.social and of course a huge big thank you to @werahobhouse.bsky.social @hopevirgo.bsky.social for pulling it altogether!
@annacarnegie.bsky.social and of course a huge big thank you to @werahobhouse.bsky.social @hopevirgo.bsky.social for pulling it altogether!
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I hosted eating disorder experts & campaigners in Parliament today.
For too long, eating disorders have been misunderstood - it was therefore great to offer an opportunity to improve ED awareness.
Thank you to @edgiuk.bsky.social, @dumpthescales.bsky.social & @edcrn.bsky.social joining us🤝
For too long, eating disorders have been misunderstood - it was therefore great to offer an opportunity to improve ED awareness.
Thank you to @edgiuk.bsky.social, @dumpthescales.bsky.social & @edcrn.bsky.social joining us🤝
June 18, 2025 at 2:58 PM
I hosted eating disorder experts & campaigners in Parliament today.
For too long, eating disorders have been misunderstood - it was therefore great to offer an opportunity to improve ED awareness.
Thank you to @edgiuk.bsky.social, @dumpthescales.bsky.social & @edcrn.bsky.social joining us🤝
For too long, eating disorders have been misunderstood - it was therefore great to offer an opportunity to improve ED awareness.
Thank you to @edgiuk.bsky.social, @dumpthescales.bsky.social & @edcrn.bsky.social joining us🤝
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📊 We text-mined 1,675 responses from participants in
@gladstudy.bsky.social & @edgiuk.bsky.social who had anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa, or binge-eating disorder
Many described behaviours that weren’t part of standard clinical or research assessments, but were harmful and clinically relevant
@gladstudy.bsky.social & @edgiuk.bsky.social who had anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa, or binge-eating disorder
Many described behaviours that weren’t part of standard clinical or research assessments, but were harmful and clinically relevant
June 18, 2025 at 1:44 PM
📊 We text-mined 1,675 responses from participants in
@gladstudy.bsky.social & @edgiuk.bsky.social who had anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa, or binge-eating disorder
Many described behaviours that weren’t part of standard clinical or research assessments, but were harmful and clinically relevant
@gladstudy.bsky.social & @edgiuk.bsky.social who had anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa, or binge-eating disorder
Many described behaviours that weren’t part of standard clinical or research assessments, but were harmful and clinically relevant
Great job @saakshikakar.bsky.social!
🚨New paper alert!
In my first first-author paper for my #PhD, we explored free-text responses from 1,600+ people with #eatingdisorders to better understand the diverse behaviours used to lose weight, many of which fall outside diagnostic criteria
Here's what we found👇
In my first first-author paper for my #PhD, we explored free-text responses from 1,600+ people with #eatingdisorders to better understand the diverse behaviours used to lose weight, many of which fall outside diagnostic criteria
Here's what we found👇
June 18, 2025 at 1:46 PM
Great job @saakshikakar.bsky.social!
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New research from @kingsioppn.bsky.social @nihrbioresource.bsky.social has identified a range of weight loss behaviours associated with #eatingdisorders which are not currently included in assessment criteria: www.maudsleybrc.nihr.ac.uk/posts/2025/j...
📽️First author Saakshi Kakar explains:👇
📽️First author Saakshi Kakar explains:👇
June 18, 2025 at 12:45 PM
New research from @kingsioppn.bsky.social @nihrbioresource.bsky.social has identified a range of weight loss behaviours associated with #eatingdisorders which are not currently included in assessment criteria: www.maudsleybrc.nihr.ac.uk/posts/2025/j...
📽️First author Saakshi Kakar explains:👇
📽️First author Saakshi Kakar explains:👇
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We're hosting a drop-in session next Wednesday over lunchtime where you can meet the #DumpTheScales and @edgiuk.bsky.social teams to find out more about our work around eating disorders.
We'd love to have you there @paulkohlersw19.bsky.social and @steffanaquarone.bsky.social 🙌
We'd love to have you there @paulkohlersw19.bsky.social and @steffanaquarone.bsky.social 🙌
June 13, 2025 at 7:12 PM
We're hosting a drop-in session next Wednesday over lunchtime where you can meet the #DumpTheScales and @edgiuk.bsky.social teams to find out more about our work around eating disorders.
We'd love to have you there @paulkohlersw19.bsky.social and @steffanaquarone.bsky.social 🙌
We'd love to have you there @paulkohlersw19.bsky.social and @steffanaquarone.bsky.social 🙌
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🧠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.
www.mdpi.com/2072-6643/17...
www.mdpi.com/2072-6643/17...
www.mdpi.com
May 6, 2025 at 10:31 AM
🧠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.
www.mdpi.com/2072-6643/17...
www.mdpi.com/2072-6643/17...
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How do we make #EatingDisorder treatment more inclusive to Autistic people? One way is the 'PEACE Pathway', led by IoPPN's Prof Kate Tchanturia, a treatment that adapts to the individual – not the other way around.
#AutismAcceptanceMonth
Read more: www.kcl.ac.uk/making-eatin...
#AutismAcceptanceMonth
Read more: www.kcl.ac.uk/making-eatin...
Making eating disorder treatment more inclusive: The PEACE Pathway
April is Autism Acceptance Month – a time not only to raise awareness, but to champion acceptance, inclusion, and real-world change for Autistic people. One brilliant example of this is the PEACE…
www.kcl.ac.uk
April 29, 2025 at 9:39 AM
How do we make #EatingDisorder treatment more inclusive to Autistic people? One way is the 'PEACE Pathway', led by IoPPN's Prof Kate Tchanturia, a treatment that adapts to the individual – not the other way around.
#AutismAcceptanceMonth
Read more: www.kcl.ac.uk/making-eatin...
#AutismAcceptanceMonth
Read more: www.kcl.ac.uk/making-eatin...
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How do we untangle the mind-body connection to better treat chronic pain?
IoPPN researcher Dr Lauren Heathcote, PhD joined Science Friday for a discussion on a new psychological treatment that shows early promise in eliminating chronic back pain.
Listen now: www.sciencefriday.com/segments/chr...
IoPPN researcher Dr Lauren Heathcote, PhD joined Science Friday for a discussion on a new psychological treatment that shows early promise in eliminating chronic back pain.
Listen now: www.sciencefriday.com/segments/chr...
Untangling The Mind-Body Connection In Chronic Pain
Research suggests that better understanding the psychological and neurological components of chronic pain may lead to better treatments.
www.sciencefriday.com
April 29, 2025 at 12:00 PM
How do we untangle the mind-body connection to better treat chronic pain?
IoPPN researcher Dr Lauren Heathcote, PhD joined Science Friday for a discussion on a new psychological treatment that shows early promise in eliminating chronic back pain.
Listen now: www.sciencefriday.com/segments/chr...
IoPPN researcher Dr Lauren Heathcote, PhD joined Science Friday for a discussion on a new psychological treatment that shows early promise in eliminating chronic back pain.
Listen now: www.sciencefriday.com/segments/chr...
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The authors text-mined free-text responses from 1,675 participants with anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa, or binge-eating disorder from the GLAD Study and @edgiuk.bsky.social
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April 3, 2025 at 2:08 PM
The authors text-mined free-text responses from 1,675 participants with anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa, or binge-eating disorder from the GLAD Study and @edgiuk.bsky.social
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We’re excited to share the news that @edgiuk.bsky.social is now collaborating with the @broadinstitute.org of MIT and Harvard.
The Broad Institue will sequence the exomes of EDGI UK participants diagnosed with eating disorders.
www.maudsleybrc.nihr.ac.uk/posts/2025/m... @psychgenomics.bsky.social
The Broad Institue will sequence the exomes of EDGI UK participants diagnosed with eating disorders.
www.maudsleybrc.nihr.ac.uk/posts/2025/m... @psychgenomics.bsky.social
March 20, 2025 at 10:12 AM
We’re excited to share the news that @edgiuk.bsky.social is now collaborating with the @broadinstitute.org of MIT and Harvard.
The Broad Institue will sequence the exomes of EDGI UK participants diagnosed with eating disorders.
www.maudsleybrc.nihr.ac.uk/posts/2025/m... @psychgenomics.bsky.social
The Broad Institue will sequence the exomes of EDGI UK participants diagnosed with eating disorders.
www.maudsleybrc.nihr.ac.uk/posts/2025/m... @psychgenomics.bsky.social
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Interested in taking part in #eatingdisorders research? Browse the @maudsleynhs.bsky.social website for studies like @edgiuk.bsky.social which are currently recruiting, and search by condition.
👉 slam.nhs.uk/take-part-in...
#EDAW #BePartofResearch @edifyresearch.bsky.social
👉 slam.nhs.uk/take-part-in...
#EDAW #BePartofResearch @edifyresearch.bsky.social
February 28, 2025 at 10:17 AM
Interested in taking part in #eatingdisorders research? Browse the @maudsleynhs.bsky.social website for studies like @edgiuk.bsky.social which are currently recruiting, and search by condition.
👉 slam.nhs.uk/take-part-in...
#EDAW #BePartofResearch @edifyresearch.bsky.social
👉 slam.nhs.uk/take-part-in...
#EDAW #BePartofResearch @edifyresearch.bsky.social
Everyone’s posting their #SpotifyWrapped, but let me introduce you to a different ‘wrapped’...
EDGI UK wrapped 2024!🔬
Thank you to all our participants, we could not do this without you.
Go to edgiuk.org for more information!
EDGI UK wrapped 2024!🔬
Thank you to all our participants, we could not do this without you.
Go to edgiuk.org for more information!
December 12, 2024 at 9:33 AM
Everyone’s posting their #SpotifyWrapped, but let me introduce you to a different ‘wrapped’...
EDGI UK wrapped 2024!🔬
Thank you to all our participants, we could not do this without you.
Go to edgiuk.org for more information!
EDGI UK wrapped 2024!🔬
Thank you to all our participants, we could not do this without you.
Go to edgiuk.org for more information!
Boundaries are key🔐
Honour your limits and respect others’
Whether it’s avoiding tough topics or taking a break from crowded events, try to protect your peace and relationships.
For support, @beated is available.
edgiuk.org
Honour your limits and respect others’
Whether it’s avoiding tough topics or taking a break from crowded events, try to protect your peace and relationships.
For support, @beated is available.
edgiuk.org
December 5, 2024 at 9:33 AM
Boundaries are key🔐
Honour your limits and respect others’
Whether it’s avoiding tough topics or taking a break from crowded events, try to protect your peace and relationships.
For support, @beated is available.
edgiuk.org
Honour your limits and respect others’
Whether it’s avoiding tough topics or taking a break from crowded events, try to protect your peace and relationships.
For support, @beated is available.
edgiuk.org
Hi BlueSky!
We're EDGI UK, an online research study exploring the genetic and environmental influences of all eating disorders
Our study is open to anyone
⭐16+
⭐residing in England
⭐Has ever experienced an eating (diagnosis not required)
Join today: edgiuk.org
We're EDGI UK, an online research study exploring the genetic and environmental influences of all eating disorders
Our study is open to anyone
⭐16+
⭐residing in England
⭐Has ever experienced an eating (diagnosis not required)
Join today: edgiuk.org
The Eating Disorders Genetics Initiative (EDGI) Information Video
YouTube video by Eating Disorders Genetics Initiative
www.youtube.com
December 4, 2024 at 12:02 PM
Hi BlueSky!
We're EDGI UK, an online research study exploring the genetic and environmental influences of all eating disorders
Our study is open to anyone
⭐16+
⭐residing in England
⭐Has ever experienced an eating (diagnosis not required)
Join today: edgiuk.org
We're EDGI UK, an online research study exploring the genetic and environmental influences of all eating disorders
Our study is open to anyone
⭐16+
⭐residing in England
⭐Has ever experienced an eating (diagnosis not required)
Join today: edgiuk.org
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Hello Bluesky!
We are the EDCRN, an initiative working to establish a UK-wide research network spanning child and adult eating disorder services.
We are the EDCRN, an initiative working to establish a UK-wide research network spanning child and adult eating disorder services.
November 20, 2024 at 4:52 PM
Hello Bluesky!
We are the EDCRN, an initiative working to establish a UK-wide research network spanning child and adult eating disorder services.
We are the EDCRN, an initiative working to establish a UK-wide research network spanning child and adult eating disorder services.
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Huge welcome to the Bluesky accounts of the world's largest cohort studies of anxiety and depression, and eating disorders
@gladstudy.bsky.social and @edgiuk.bsky.social
🧪 #episky #PsychSciSky #neuroskyence #devpsych #Medsky
@gladstudy.bsky.social and @edgiuk.bsky.social
🧪 #episky #PsychSciSky #neuroskyence #devpsych #Medsky
September 10, 2024 at 4:31 PM
Huge welcome to the Bluesky accounts of the world's largest cohort studies of anxiety and depression, and eating disorders
@gladstudy.bsky.social and @edgiuk.bsky.social
🧪 #episky #PsychSciSky #neuroskyence #devpsych #Medsky
@gladstudy.bsky.social and @edgiuk.bsky.social
🧪 #episky #PsychSciSky #neuroskyence #devpsych #Medsky