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Jane Morris, Chair, SEDIG
The so-called ‘Eating disorders’ – obsessive weight-losing disorders – have haunted my family, and it has taken me a long time to balance the fascination and frustration they make me feel. After my higher psychiatric training in psychotherapies and eating disorders at the Cullen Centre, I developed an interest in adolescent psychiatry whilst helping to set up the Parry-Jones teenage anorexia service in Glasgow. At present I am Consultant Child & Adolescent Psychiatrist at the Royal Edinburgh Hospital, where the parallel EDGE groups, for teenagers and for parents and carers, are a particular pleasure.
It’s immensely rewarding to chair a vibrant and enthusiastic SEDIG committee at a time of growth for Scottish Eating Disorders services, enlightened reform of mental health legislation, and friendly collaboration with BEAT (the English Eating Disorders Association). Our big challenges are to encourage more GPs to join SEDIG, to build training and accreditation opportunities for Scottish clinicians, and to seek independent charitable status so that we can continue to host this unique collaboration between patients and their lay and professional carers, to rescue strengths and talents from being wasted by these disorders.