Public Sector Services:
Mental Health Services
Health professionals are encouraged to contact local mental health triage to discuss child and adolescent mental health crisis referral, support and treatment services.
Contact Triage at the local Adult Mental Health Service (AMHS).
Medical Services
For adult medical assessment and monitoring, the adult medicine services at the following hospitals offer outpatient medical assessment and monitoring, and access to inpatient specialist medical care for young adults with eating disorders:
- The Austin Hospital
- Monash Medical Centre
- Royal Melbourne Hospital
Eating Disorders Specialist Services
Contact details for adult services with dedicated Eating Disorders Treatment Programs are listed below:
Barwon Health Eating Disorder Service
Minimum age: 26 years
Public Catchments: Barwon
Contact: Eating Disorders Service on 1300 094 187.
The service provides assessment for eating disorders for people aged 26 years and over in the Barwon region.
Referrals: Accepted directly from consumers themselves, their families or a GP/Paediatrician.
Bendigo Health Psychiatric Services Eating Disorder Services (Bendigo)
Minimum age: 18 years
Public Catchments: Loddon
Contact: Primary Mental Health Program through the Regional Triage Service on PH: 1300 363 788
Body Image and Eating Disorder Treatment and Recovery Service (BETRS)
Minimum age: over 17 years
Public Catchments: Central East, Goulburn, Inner Urban East, North East, North East Hume, Northern, Outer East
Referral:Clinical Intake Service: Mon – Fri 9.30 – 11.30am,
PH: (03) 9231 5718 (clients and families)
General Inquiries: (03) 9231 5700
The catchment for this service covers northern, north eastern and eastern metropolitan regions and Goulburn and Southern (Shepparton) and North East (Wangaratta & Wodonga) rural regions.
NorthWestern Mental Health Eating Disorders Program
Minimum age: 18 years
Public Catchments: Barwon, Glenelg, Grampians, Inner West, Loddon, Mid West, North West, South West
Contact: PH: (03) 9342 4033
NorthWestern Mental Health, and South West (Werribee Mercy) metropolitan Mental Health regions and Grampians (Ballarat), Loddon-Campaspe, Northern Mallee and Glenelg (South West Victoria) regional and rural Mental Health regions
Southern Health Wellness and Recovery Centre
Minimum age: 18 years
Public Catchments: Dandenong, Gippsland, Middle South, Peninsula
Contact: Triage Service on 1300 369 012.
A Centre of Excellence in the Treatment of Eating Disorders
Nurse Practitioner Candidate can be contacted directly on (03) 9594 1300 or 0438 353 722 Monday to Friday 8.30am – 5.00pm.
The catchment area for this service includes Southern Health, Peninsula Health and Gippsland regions. To assist GPs and other primary care providers, the Wellness and Recovery Centre (WRC) also offers a specialty secondary consultation service.
Community Health Services:
Health Services sit alongside general practice and privately funded services to make up the primary health sector in Victoria. Some are also major providers of a range of health and human services including drug and alcohol, disability, dental, post-acute care, home and community care, mental health services and community rehabilitation.
Mindful Moderate Eating Group
Minimum age: 18 years
Location: Hawthorn
‘Mindful Moderate Eating Group’ – Swinburne University Psychology Clinic – a women only group program addressing psychological factors related to binge eating and helping participants to develop a new relationship with food.
The Bouverie Centre
Location: Brunswick
The Bouverie Centre provides family approaches in mental health service provision including eating disorders.
Private Sector (fee for service) Services:
Health professionals in private practice
Web-based: Eating Disorders Victoria maintains a database on their website How Far is Too Far? of health professionals in private practice in Victoria who have registered as having an interest or experience in treating eating disorders. When typing in your search criteria, ensure you put ‘eating disorders’ in as well as the health professional/service type you are looking for e.g. eating disorder dietitian.
Phone-based:Contact Eating Disorders Victoria’s (EDV) Eating Disorders Helpline on 1300 550 236 for referral details of health professionals in private practice in your area.
EDV Psychology
Minimum age: 13 years – suitable for carers of someone with an eating disorder.
Location: Abbotsford
Contact: Helpline on 1300 550 236
Provides private psychology sessions for people experiencing eating disorders and related issues, as well as for family and friends who are supporting a loved one.
Sessions are currently available in Abbotsford and all of our psychologists have expertise in the field of eating disorders.
RIPE group treatment for eating disorders
Minimum age: 18 years
Location: Hawthorn
RIPE Group is a 14 week specially developed treatment and support program for people with Eating Disorders.
Private inpatient options
The Geelong Clinic Eating Disorders Inpatient Program
Minimum age: 16 years
Location:Geelong
The Geelong Clinic (Healthscope) Eating Disorders Inpatient Program is a specialised program that has been developed and designed to provide a comprehensive treatment program delivered by trained staff and tailored to the needs of individual clients.
The Melbourne Clinic Eating Disorders Unit
Minimum age: 16 years
Location: Richmond
The Melbourne Clinic (Healthscope) Eating Disorder Unit is a 21 bed specialist unit for the treatment of Feeding and Eating Disorders for people requesting treatment and support for diagnosed eating disorders. The service also includes day program and outreach programs.