Conference paper

‘DAR KENN GHAL SAHHTEK’ - AN EATING DISORDER AND OBESITY SERVICE IN MALTA

Francesca Falzon Aquilina ; Mount Carmel Hospital Malta, Attard, Malta
Anton Grech ; Mount Carmel Hospital Malta, Attard, Malta
Darleen Zerafa ; Dar Kenn Ghal Sahhtek, Malta
Mark Agius ; Department of Psychiatry University of Cambridge, Clare College Cambridge, Cambridge, UK
Valerie Voon ; Psychiatry Department, Addenbrooks Hospital, Cambridge, UK

Abstract

This paper will describe the incidence of eating disorders, with particular focus on obesity and binge eating, within the Island of
Malta. The development of and ‘Dar Kenn Ghal Sahhtek’, the first centre for eating disorders in Malta will then be recounted, and
the effective therapeutic interventions provided in it will be described. One important function of this unit is the treatment of
excessive obesity. Some epidemiological data on the Obese Patients in DKS, relating to the incidence of Binge Eating Disorder in the
DKS patient group will be given. This data was collected during a collaboritive research project between the Psychiatry Department
of Cambridge University and ‘Dar Kenn Ghal Sahhtek’.

Keywords

eating disorder; obesity; multidisciplinary team; research; Binge eating disorder (BED); Dar Kenn Ghal Sahhtek (DKS)

Hrčak ID:

264610

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/264610

Publication date:

8.9.2015.

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