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Glossary of abbreviations
Eating Disorders
Glossary of abbreviations
Glossary of commonly used eating disorder and mental health abbreviations
| ABW | Adjusted body weight |
| ACT | Acceptance and Commitment Therapy |
| ADHD | Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder |
| AHPRA | Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency |
| AMHS | Adult Mental Health Services (Victorian public health system) |
| AN or Ana | Anorexia Nervosa |
| ANZAED | Australian and New Zealand Academy of Eating Disorders |
| APS | Australian Psychological Society |
| ARFID | Avoidant/Restrictive Food Intake Disorder, also known as Selective Eating Disorder |
| ASD | Autism Spectrum Disorder |
| B/P | Blood pressure |
| BDD | Body Dysmorphic Disorder |
| BED | Binge Eating Disorder |
| BETRS | Body Image & Eating Disorders Treatment & Recovery Service - a partnership between Austin Health and St Vincent’s in Melbourne |
| BI | Body image |
| BMI | Body Mass Index |
| BMR | Basal Metabolic Rate |
| BN | Bulimia Nervosa |
| BPD | Borderline Personality Disorder |
| CAMHS | Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (Victorian public health system) |
| CAT | Crisis Assessment Team (Victorian public health system) |
| CBT | Cognitive Behaviour Therapy |
| CBT-E | Enhanced Cognitive Behaviour Therapy |
| CEDD | Centre for Eating and Dieting Disorders (NSW) |
| CEED | (Victorian) Centre of Excellence in Eating Disorders |
| CHSP | Chew and spit – a behaviour where food is tasted, chewed and spat out |
| COE | Compulsive over eating, same as Binge Eating Disorder |
| CTO | Compulsory Treatment Order OR Community Treatment Order |
| CW | Current weight OR content warning |
| CYMHS | Child and Youth Mental Health Services (Victorian public health system) |
| DBT | Dialectical Behaviour Therapy |
| DSM | Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Health Disorders |
| ECG | Electrocardiogram |
| ECT | Electroconvulsive therapy |
| ED | Eating disorder |
| EDNOS | Eating Disorders Not Otherwise Specified (no longer generally used) |
| EDV or EDFV | Eating Disorders (Foundation of) Victoria |
| FBT | Family Based Therapy |
| FGW | Final goal weight |
| GP | General Practitioner (family doctor) |
| GW | Goal weight |
| HW | Highest weight |
| IBW | Ideal body weight |
| IOP | Intensive Outpatient Program |
| IP | Inpatient – Treatment inside a hospital setting |
| IPT | Interpersonal Psychotherapy |
| ISTDP | Intensive Short-Term Dynamic Psychotherapy |
| ITO | Inpatient Treatment Order |
| LBM | Lean Body Mass |
| LW | Lowest weight |
| Mandometer | A form of eating disorder treatment |
| Maudsley | Maudsley method, also known as Family Based Therapy |
| MH | Mental health |
| MHCC | Mental Health Complaints Commissioner |
| MHCP | Mental Health Care Plan (as per MHTP) |
| MHTP | Mental Health Treatment Plan, issued by GPs to enable patients to claim some Medicare rebates for mental health services |
| Mia | Bulimia |
| NDIS | National Disability Insurance Scheme |
| NEDC | National Eating Disorders Collaboration |
| NES | Night Eating Syndrome |
| OCD | Obsessive Compulsive Disorder |
| OSFED | Other Specified Feeding and Eating Disorders |
| OTC | Over the counter medication |
| Outpatient | Treatment out of a hospital setting |
| Pro-ana | Promotion of anorexia as lifestyle choice |
| Pro-mia | Promotion of bulimia as lifestyle choice |
| PTSD | Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder |
| RANZCP | Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists |
| RCH | Royal Children’s Hospital |
| RMH | Royal Melbourne Hospital |
| SH | Self-harm |
| SI | Self-injury |
| SSRI | Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor – a type of anti-depressants |
| TMS | Transcranial magnetic stimulation |
| TRED | Tasmania Recovery from Eating Disorders |
| TW | Target weight OR trigger warning |
| WRC | Monash Health Wellness and Recovery Centre (WRC) Eating Disorder Service |
- Last revision date: Wednesday, 01 February 2017 09:55
