EATING DISORDERS: HISTORICAL, CLINICAL,
ETIOLOGICAL AND TREATMENT PERSPECTIVES
Eating disorders (EDs) impact millions of people every year and include extreme emotions, attitudes, and behaviors surrounding weight and food issues that can lead to potentially
life threatening conditions. In order to provide effective treatment and preventive services, practitioners need to address the variety of physical, emotional and social issues that EDs arise from.
This introductory course is designed to provide participants with a broad overview of EDs, their prevention and treatment. Participants will be expected
to engage in discussion about readings, movies, and lectures and give short presentations at each class meeting.
Course Highlights:
- Diagnosis and classification of Feeding and Eating Disorders according to DSM 5 including Anorexia Nervosa, Bulimia Nervosa, Binge
Eating Disorders, and other Specified and Unspecified Feeding or Eating Disorders.
- Etiology of EDs, including the role of socio-cultural, environmental, genetic, family, and personality in the etiology of EDs.
- Epidemiology and course of illness of EDs.
- Assessment of EDs.
- Treatment of EDs, including:
- Family based treatment
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
- Interpersonal Psychotherapy
- Multidisciplinary model
- Inpatient and outpatient treatment
- Rehabilitation
- Prevention
Instructor: Yael Latzer, DSc. | Saturdays 9:30 AM to 5:30 PM
| NEW DATES: Feb 13, 20, 27 | $420 | Course Code: SWEATDIS
| CEU conditional approval--21 contact hours
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PHONE REGISTRATION: (212) 650-3850
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