F.E.A.S.T.
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Mission Statement
F.E.A.S.T. (Families Empowered and Supporting Treatment of Eating Disorders) is an international organization of and for caregivers of eating disorder patients. F.E.A.S.T. serves families by providing information and mutual support, promoting evidence-based treatment, and advocating for research and education to reduce the suffering associated with eating disorders. F.E.A.S.T. believes that empowered caregivers are essential to the recovery process and to advocating for evidence-based treatment and research. F.E.A.S.T. has over 3,000 members on four continents and is run entirely by volunteers and supported through individual donations. For more information, please visit www.feast-ed.org.
About This Cause
F.E.A.S.T. is an International non-profit organization of and for caregivers of loved ones suffering from eating disorders. F.E.A.S.T.’s Mission is to support caregivers by providing information and mutual support, promoting evidence-based treatment, and advocating for research and education to reduce the suffering associated with eating disorders. F.E.A.S.T. operates according to the following Principles: 1. Eating disorders are biologically based mental illnesses and fully treatable with a combination of nutritional, medical, and therapeutic supports. 2. Parents do not cause eating disorders, and patients do not choose eating disorders. 3. Parents and caregivers can be a powerful support for a loved one’s recovery from an eating disorder. 4. Blaming and marginalizing parents in the eating disorder treatment process causes harm and suffering. 5. Patients should receive evidence-based treatment, when available. 6. Families should be supported in seeking the most appropriate treatment in the least restrictive environment possible. 7. Food is medicine: all treatment should include urgent and ongoing nutritional rehabilitation. 8. When the family is supported, the patient is supported. 9. Siblings and parents are affected by a family member’s illness; their needs deserve full attention, too. 10. Parents have a unique capacity to help other parents with support, information, and the wisdom of experience. 11. F.E.A.S.T. is committed to a coalition-building model of advocacy work that requires mutual respect among caregivers, professionals, and patients. F.E.A.S.T. Services include a Website full of information and resources about eating disorders, the “Around the Dinner Table” Online Caregiver’s Support Forum, the “Let’s Feast” Blog, a comprehensive Glossary of ED Terminology, and a YouTube Channel of free videos including professional presentations from our caregiver conferences and short films designed to help caregivers learn caregiving skills. F.E.A.S.T. also publishes a Family Guide Booklet Series, written in collaboration with leading researchers and clinicians in the field, and designed for non-professionals in order to promote a better understanding of eating disorders and their treatment. To access our services and find out more about F.E.A.S.T. please visit our website at www.feast-ed.org.