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Eating Disorders in Your Clinical Practice: What You Need to Know
Eating disorders are complex illnesses that often require expert interdisciplinary treatment, yet specialist care is limited. Many individuals with eating disorder symptoms can be successfully managed by non-specialist mental health providers, either as a precursor to specialist treatment or as a component of treatment the mental health clinician may already be providing.
Presenter
Christine Peat, PhD, FAED, LP
Director of the National Center of Excellence for Eating Disorders
Associate Professor of Psychiatry, UNC Chapel Hill
Webinar Details
Learning Objectives
- Describe how DSM-5 eating disorder diagnoses present in clinical work
- Identify evidence-based tools for identifying and assessing eating disorders
- Discuss best practices for non-specialist management of eating disorders, including stepped-care strategies and guidelines for referring to specialist care
- List available resources for treatment referrals, ongoing eating disorder education, and support communities
Eating Disorders in Your Clinical Practice: What You Need to Know
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Accreditation Statement
The National Center of Excellence for Eating Disorders (NCEED) is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. NCEED maintains responsibility for this program and its content.
The School of Medicine of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
Funding Statement
Funding for the National Center of Excellence for Eating Disorders was made possible by Grant No. H79SM081924 from SAMHSA of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). The contents are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily represent the official views of, nor an endorsement by, SAMHSA/HHS, or the U.S. Government.this program and its content.
