DSM-5 Feeding and Eating Disorders With Adolescents and Adults: Assessment, Treatment, & Ethical Issues
DSM-5 Feeding and Eating Disorders With Adolescents and Adults: Assessment, Treatment, & Ethical Issues is organized by E Care Behavioral Health Institute.
Overview:
This continuing education workshop will focus on the various assessment, treatment, and ethical issues that commonly arise with both adolescents and adults who suffer from various eating disorders (ED). While many people mistakenly believe that these disorders are the sole domain of teenage girls, this is far from the reality of these disorders.
Persons deemed appropriate to attend this workshop might include addictions counselors, pastoral counselors, wellness and/or life coaches, psychiatrists, psychologists, social workers, family physicians, pediatricians, teachers, athletic trainers and/or coaches, and any related treatment professional that might be specializing in the general clinical, adolescent, and/or sport/performance arenas.
Objectives:
• Identify the features of ED in general and the various presentations according to the DSM 5
• Recognize the commonly co-occurring disorders that accompany and contaminate the work with this population and how to assess them.
• Distinguish aberrant eating trends from genuine ED.
• Demonstrate a knowledge of the various aspects of assessing and treating both adult and teen ED.
• Examine the various parameters of sport-related and non-sport ED
• Describe some of the common ethical concerns when working with this population, including when to (and when not to) apply more structured, aggressive, and/or inpatient treatment paradigms for this population.