Eating Disorders Outpatient Service

About Us

The multidisciplinary eating disorder outpatient team consists of frontline mental health and dietetics clinicians, the St Vincent's Eating Disorder Coordinator with input from Consultation Liaison Psychiatry and offers: 

  • An accessible outpatient assessment, care coordination and treatment planning service to adult (>16 years) residents of SVHNS with an eating disorder.  
  • Support with transition of patients out of hospital and connection with eating disorder supports in the community.
  • Brief and ongoing intervention to people who are unable to access other eating disorder services in the community.
  • Liaison with other professionals regarding outpatients with eating disorders in SVHNS LHD, including local GPs. This may include consultation on cases and delivery of eating disorder training.

Eligibility

To be eligible for outpatient support for their eating disorder at St Vincent's, the individual must be: 

  • A current SVHS resident in the local catchment area, and 
  • 16+ years and,
  • Be diagnosed (or provisionally diagnosed) with an eating disorder; and
  • Medically stable and not meet admission criteria for a medical admission under the SVHNS Eating Disorders Procedure.

To discuss eligibility in more detail, call the team on: 0403 190 090
Please email the team at svhs.eatingdisorders@svha.org.au to request a referral form.

Contact

St Vincent's Hospital
The O'Brien Centre, Level 4 
Corner Burton & 390 Victoria Street, Darlinghurst NSW 2010

Tel: 0403 190 090 
E: svhs.eatingdisorders@svha.org.au 

 

If your concern is urgent, or you or someone else is in crisis, please call 000 or present to your local emergency department, or call the Mental Health Access line on 1800 011 511 (24/7).

For general eating disorders information and advice, The Butterfly Foundation: 1800 33 4673 8am-12pm 7 days

Those out of area, or otherwise ineligible, can contact Butterfly (above) and/or access ANZAED’s Connect-ed service connected.anzaed.org.au for access to searchable directories of eating disorder specialised clinicians and services.