Benefits, Challenges, and Stigma Associated With Treating...

When:  Nov 20, 2024 from 13:00 to 14:00 (ET)
The Substance-Related Addictive Disorders SIG and Experts by Experience Committee are hosting a collaborative panel on treating co-occurring substance use and eating disorders as professionals with lived experience. Our three panelists - Sandi James, Psychologist, CEDC, M.Ed., Sydney Greene, M.S., RDN, and Erin Harrop, Ph.D., LICSW – will respond to discussion questions from our moderator Kim Dennis, M.D. by drawing upon current research as well as their clinical expertise and lived experience with co-occurring eating and substance use disorders. The discussion questions will cover how their lived experience informs their professional work, as well as the benefits, challenges, and stigma of their lived experience in their professional careers. This panel will provide attendees with an increased understanding of these complex clinical presentations and the treatment of co-occurring eating and substance use disorders, how stigma and other challenges associated with treating substance use disorders in eating disorder treatment settings, and how professionals with lived experience may uniquely impact treatment for patients with these co-occurring disorders.