Prof. Ulrike Schmidt is a Professor of Eating Disorders and Director of the Centre for Research on Eating and Weight Disorders at King’s College London. She is also a Consultant Psychiatrist at the South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust. 

Ulrike works to understand fundamental biology and psychological determinants of eating and weight disorders, including obesity. Her research includes multiple trials of new treatments and led to the development of MANTRA, a NICE-recommended psychotherapy for people with anorexia nervosa.

She has also led the development and research on FREED, First Episode Rapid Early Intervention for Eating Disorders a multi-award winning early intervention programme for young people with eating disorders, initially trialled in a few locations in the UK which was so successful it has now been rolled out nationally in England.

Today we discuss:

• The most important distinctions between different eating disorders such as anorexia, bulimia and binge eating disorders.
• The most important biological, psychological, social and cultural risk factors for developing such a disorder.
• What the path to recovery looks like.
• The FREED the treatment pathway professor Schmidt has done a lot of work on
• Potential novel treatments for eating disorders such as neuromodulation treatments and psychedelic treatments. 

To find out more about FREED:
www.inspirethemind.org/post/early-intervention-for-eating-disorders-grounds-to-celebrate

To find out more about MANTRA:
https://mantraweb.co.uk/

Interviewed by Dr. Alex Curmi, consultant psychiatrist. 

If you would like to enquire about an online psychotherapy appointment with Dr. Alex, you can email - alexcurmitherapy@gmail.com.

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