Upcoming Webinars

Description:

Psychiatric co-occurrence is common in the treatment of eating disorders, with PTSD and substance use co-occurring at particularly high rates. The presence of co-occurring substance use disorders, eating disorders, and PTSD is likely to negatively impact treatment outcomes. Although there has been progress and attention focused on integrated care for eating disorders and PTSD, recommendations and guidelines do not typically consider other co-occurring psychiatric conditions or substance use. This tends to lead to fragmented, siloed care, and vacillation of symptomatology over time. This phenomenon is often described by clinicians as the “Whack-a-mole” effect. Whereas, addressing one set of symptoms only results in an increase in the other addictive or problematic behaviors. Overall, this contributes to higher rates of relapse in this population and poorer treatment outcomes. As such, this population is especially suited for an integrated treatment approach, which can holistically address their complexities and improve treatment outcomes. However, clinicians need further resources, training and education in this area. Thus, the purpose of this webinar is to discuss clinical considerations and treatment recommendations, using evidence-based principles from existing eating disorders, addictions, and trauma treatments, for addressing co-occurring PTSD and substance use in eating disorder treatment.

• Alexandra (Lexie) Convertino, Ph.D.
  Dr. Convertino is an Assistant Professor at California Statue University, Dominguez Hills. Her research largely focuses on the role of stress – defined broadly to include both traumatic stressors and everyday stress – in eating disorders and other body image-related disorders (e.g., body dysmorphic disorder, muscle dysmorphia). 

• Charlotte Thomas, LCSW
  Charlotte is a practicing Clinical Social Worker and Certified DBT Clinician. She holds expertise in using Dialectical Behavior Therapy and Cognitive Behavior Therapy to treat individuals experiencing forms of anxiety, depression, trauma, substance abuse, and borderline personality disorder, with specialization in eating disorders. Charlotte is currently serving as the Co-Chair of the AED SBT SIG. 

• Brittany Bohrer, Ph.D.
  Dr. Bohrer is a clinical psychologist and Co-occurring Disorders Track Coordinator in the Adult Treatment Prgram at the UCSD Health Eating Disorder Center. Dr. Bohrer has received specialty training in DBT for substance use disorders (DBT-SUD). She coordinates a multidisciplinary team to provide evidence-based care to patients with co-occurring substance use and eating disorders. 

• Kimberly Claudat, Ph.D.
  Dr. Claudat is an Associate Clinical Professor and Director of Adult Services at UCSD Health Eating Disorder Center. Her clinical and research interests focus on the connection between eating disorders and emotion regulation difficulties, particularly as this relates to commonly co-occurring disorders such as PTSD and Substance Use Disorders. She has received specialized training in CPT for PTSD, DBT Prolonged Exposure for PTSD, and DBT for SUD. 
  

Description:

Binge eating is prevalent among individuals living with food insecurity but is often overlooked due to differences in presentation and provider biases. In this webinar, jointly sponsored by the Binge Eating SIG and the Epidemiological & Public Health Practice SIG, we will discuss current research on the prevalence of binge eating and related behaviors among individuals living with food insecurity; review best practices for screening, assessment, and diagnosis, including how food insecurity may influence the presentation of binge eating and associated disordered eating symptoms; describe current models of binge eating etiology in food insecure populations; and consider ways to tailor evidence-based treatments to improve reach and relevancy. The webinar will be led by expert clinicians and researchers whose work focuses specifically on the overlap between binge eating and food insecurity, and will include a case presentation to inform clinical recommendations that audience members can translate back to their patients and communities. Didactic portions will be followed by interactive audience-led discussion, guided by questions solicited in advance that may address the roles of sociopolitical challenges and other eating disorder symptoms in the intersection between binge eating and food insecurity.

1.: Understand the prevalence of binge eating in food insecure populations
2.: Describe how to identify binge eating behaviors and related behaviors in individuals living with food insecurity
3.: Appreciate how current screening/diagnosis tools may be adapted to account for food insecurity
4.: Discuss how current onset and maintenance models of binge eating account for food insecurity
5.: Review best practices for treating binge eating with sensitive consideration around food access issues in the current sociopolitical context

• Kirstie Herb Neff, Ph.D.
  Dr. Kirstie Herb Neff is a research scientist in the Department of Population Health Sciences at Geisinger College of Health Sciences. Her program of research focuses on biopsychosocial mechanisms that influence the development and maintenance of eating and weight disorders, particularly among low-income and rural populations. She is also a practicing clinical psychologist specializing in the treatment of eating disorders and weight-related concerns.

• Vivienne Hazzard, Ph.D., M.P.H., R.D.
  Vivienne M. Hazzard is an Assistant Professor in the Charles Stewart Mott Department of Public Health at Michigan State University. Her research centers around the goal of preventing and reducing disparities in disordered eating behaviors, with a focus on the role food insecurity plays in the development of disordered eating.

• Andrea Goldschmidt, Ph.D.
  Andrea Goldschmidt is an Associate Professor of Psychiatry at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine. Her research focuses on eating behaviors that are associated with poor weight-related outcomes, particularly in children and adolescents. Her primary interest is in understanding mechanisms underlying loss of control eating (i.e., the experience of feeling unable to control what or how much one is eating) in children and adolescents. 

• Janet Lydecker, Ph.D.
  Janet Lydecker  is an Assistant Professor of Psychiatry at Yale School of Medicine. Her research focuses on developing new treatments for children and adolescents with eating disorders, including binge eating and bulimia, as well as weight-related bullying. She also has a line of research on the treatment of adults with obesity and binge-eating disorder, including the efficacy of therapeutic approaches and predictors and moderators of treatments.

• Hannah Ziobrowski, Ph.D., M.P.H.
  Hannah N. Ziobrowski is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Epidemiology at the Brown University School of Public Health. Her research focuses on the development and treatment of mental disorders, with a particular interest in how stress and trauma impact mental health across the life course. Her research encompasses eating, mood, anxiety, and substance use disorders, and PTSD.