Başak İnce

Postdoctoral Research Associate - Psychological & Brain Sciences Position Summary This position will primarily support the implementation of a newly funded National Institute of Mental Health R01 grant focused on optimizing a digital chatbot intervention for eating...

📣 I'm recruiting a postdoc to work on a newly-funded R01 aiming to optimize a digital intervention for #eatingdisorders and contribute to other research in this space! Remote candidates may be considered. Start spring/sum 26 (or sooner!). Pls share!

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We’re proud to share that Dr Başak İnce Çağlar @basakince.bsky.social‬ has been awarded a Launchpad Grant in Eating Disorders Research from the Medical Research Foundation 🎉 ‪@medresfdn.bsky.social‬

Medical Research Foundation | Emotional outbursts in childhood linked… Children who had difficulty managing intense emotions at age seven were more likely to show signs of mental health issues such as despair, sadness and worries at age 11, 14 and 17, research by Dr Aja ...

Foundation-funded research, led by Dr Aja Murray at @schoolofppls.bsky.social, finds that emotional outbursts in childhood may be linked to depression and anxiety in teenage years.

Helping children to develop emotion regulation skills early could make a difference. 🔗⏬

#MentalHealthResearch

I’m thrilled to have received a Launchpad Grant from @medresfdn.bsky.social
This award will enable me to investigate an important relationship between loneliness and eating disorders in young people. Huge thanks to the Medical Research Foundation for supporting this work!

📊 New Research!


Our latest study investigates the long-term impact of COVID-19 on FREED services across England. Watch our video to see some key findings and what this means for early intervention in eating disorders.

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#EatingDisorders #EarlyIntervention

What really matters in early intervention for eating disorders? We want to hear from you – those with lived experience, families, clinicians, researchers, anyone involved.

Take our short survey here: qualtrics.kcl.ac.uk/jfe/form/SV_...

#EatingDisorders #EarlyIntervention #FREED

Seeking support for an eating disorder: a qualitative analysis of the university student experience—accessibility of support for students - Journal of Eating Disorders Background While there is increased concern around mental health problems in universities, the experience of students with eating disorders (EDs) has received less attention. This is problematic as…

Our study surveyed 100 students and interviewed 18 to uncover their struggles with Eating Disorders support. Many lacked awareness of available services or found them unsuitable.

Do you or someone you know have experience of being a father of someone with an eating disorder? Please consider taking part in our study!

UK-based only

@kingsedresearch.bsky.social

A study poster with bright colours and shapes, with two people exchanging books in the bottom right corner. The text reads: "We want to hear your STORY! Join the STORY study! Are you... between 16-25 years, and have an eating disorder, or have no eating disorder or major mental health diagnoses? The STORY study is a one-year long study to explore the diverse experiences of young people with eating disorders and how they recover from them. Interested? Contact us under: STORY@kcl.ac.uk"

For day 4 of #EatingDisordersAwarenessWeek, we're sharing work from EDIFY Workstreams 3/4!

These Workstreams are focused on understanding how young people recover from their eating disorder and how their eating disorder changes over time. As such, we are recruiting for STORY.

For day 5 of #EatingDisordersAwarenessWeek, we're sharing work from EDIFY WS 5!
We have reached 50% of our recruitment target for the RaISE trial of non-invasive neuromodulation for anorexia 🧠
We are still recruiting!
To find out more, contact amelia.1.hemmings@kcl.ac.uk

YouTube video by EDIFY research Food Insecurity in Eating Disorders: A Short Animation

📣This #edaw2025, we wanted to share a recent animation we made with Woven Ink on food insecurity in people with eating disorders.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=lMhU...

New publication on help-seeking in eating disorders, with consideration of intersecting marginalised characteristics. Brilliant first PhD publication from Jessica Wilkins! @freedfromed.bsky.social @edifyresearch.bsky.social @kingsedresearch.bsky.social

jeatdisord.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....

Are you a 16-17-year-old with ADHD in the UK, or do you work with young people this age? We are recruiting for ART-transition, a project focused on predicting and preventing negative outcomes.

Interested? Check out the poster and contact art.transition@kcl.ac.uk for more info.

Recruitment poster for a study looking at experience of help seeking for eating disorder care. text read: Are you aged 16 years or over? Do you have a current or past eating disorder? Do you identify as being part of any of the following groups? ethnic minority, men, LGBTQ+? We want to speak with people who are not well represented in services about their experience seeking help for an eating disorder. we want to improve access to eating disorder care and the treatments people are offered. you would need to complete a short survey about yourself and take part in an interview lasting up to an hour. If you would like to be involved contact jessica.wilkins@kcl.ac.uk

📢Call for participants 📢 We want to improve access to #eatingdisorder care!
If you identify as an underrepresented group in ED research, we would really like to hear about your experience of ED help seeking!

Contact jessica.wilkins@kcl.ac.uk to find out more and take part.

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Beat are gathering views to help shape their approach to Eating Disorders Awareness Week 2026. If you'd like to take part: beateatingdisorders.tfaforms.net/196?utm_sour...

Huge congrats!!!

Research Fellow (Statistician) – Eating Disorders Clinical Research Network at King's College London Recruiting now: Research Fellow (Statistician) – Eating Disorders Clinical Research Network on jobs.ac.uk. Click for details and explore more academic job opportunities on the top job board

Please apply for this postdoc analyst position in the UK's Eating Disorders Clinical Research Network. #eatingdisorders #treatment #epidemiology #genetics - DM if any questions www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DKR331/r...

Programme‐Led and Focused Interventions for Recent Onset Binge/Purge Eating Disorders: Use and Outcomes in the First Episode Rapid Early Intervention for Eating Disorders (FREED) Network Objective We aimed to compare use of, and outcomes from, programme-led and focused interventions (guided self-help and 10 session cognitive behavioral therapy for eating disorders [CBT-T]) relative ...

Great to see our publication out today - use of programme-led and focused treatments (aka 'brief' / 'low intensity') in FREED early intervention services.

We need to routinely offer these to patients who may benefit!

onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

Bone Fracture History in Women With First Episode or With Persistent Anorexia Nervosa - PubMed There is an increased risk of bone fracture even in the early stages of AN. This could be related to a time lapse between the initial symptoms of AN and formal diagnosis. This suggests guidelines reco...

🚨A recent systematic review investigated bone fracture history in women with first episode or persistent anorexia nervosa (AN)

pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39572404/
#anorexianervosa #eatingdisorders #systematicreview

The prospective relationship between anxiety symptoms and eating disorder symptoms among adolescents: a systematic review and meta-analysis of a bi-directional relationship - European Child & Adolesce... Anxiety symptoms and eating disorder symptoms commonly co-occur in adolescents. However, there is divergent evidence on the prospective relationship between the two factors. This systematic review and...

New review from superstar Nora Trompeter and our EDIFY team on longitudinal associations between anxiety and ED symptoms in CYP. Read it here: link.springer.com/article/10.1... @eatingresearch.bsky.social

🌟 Hello, Bluesky! 🌟

We’re thrilled to start our journey here and can’t wait to connect with this amazing community.

Let’s explore new horizons together, spark great conversations, and share exciting ideas.

Follow to see our ongoing research on #eatingdisorder causes, consequences, and treatment.