Eating Disorders: Understanding Comorbidities and Treatment Implications

Complete Seminar Details

This program provides awareness of the impact of eating disorders and co-morbidities. Learn to accurately assess stages of change, tailor treatment and integrate current knowledge with new data on the burden co-morbidities create.

Eating disorders are often viewed as difficult to treat, with clients who are prone to relapse. The important implications of co-morbid disorders are not always discussed in terms of their disabling effects, costs and burden to clients, families, communities and the health care system. Furthermore, clinicians and educators are often at a loss when choosing an appropriate intervention strategy. A thorough understanding of the complexities of eating disorders is critical to effectively helping these patients and returning them to a healthy state of living.

This one-day seminar offers clinicians and health care professionals practical information that they can begin using immediately. Participants will learn vital implications for how eating disorders, and their co-morbid disorders, impact the well-being of their clients. They will be able to accurately assess the stage of change for their clients and tailor treatment accordingly. How to integrate existing knowledge about the complexity of treating eating disorders, together with data regarding the disease burden that co-morbid conditions create, will be discussed in detail. Most importantly, methods for preventing recidivism will be explored. Participants will examine their role as health care professionals who are vital to promoting the overall goals for healthy Americans as detailed in Healthy People 2010. This course is a must for any professional that works with this challenging, yet treatable, population.

WHAT YOU WILL COVER

• Describe recent clinical research, best practices and comorbidities related to clinical care and treatment of eating disorders
• Discuss the major factors that influence treatment outcomes, including medical complications and obstacles to robust research
• Apply stages of change theory to eating disorders treatment and match treatment to the appropriate stage of change for your clients
• Understand the Global Burden of Disease as defined by the World Health Organization, and the implications for eating disorders treatment
• Identify practical treatment strategies that work with adolescents and adults
• Distinguish between disordered eating and eating disorders
• Apply stages of change theory to eating disorders treatment
• Match treatment to the appropriate stage of change for your clients
• Identify comorbid disorders and how they often relate to eating disorder treatment
• Discuss brain chemistry basics and how they relate to eating disorders
• Examine the Global Burden of Disease as it relates to eating disorders
• Assess the challenges that eating disorders pose for meeting the goals outlined in Healthy People 2010, particularly the growing epidemic of obesity
• Identify practical treatment strategies that work with adolescents and adults

WHO SHOULD ATTEND

• Psychologists
• Psychiatrists
• Counselors
• Social Workers
• Nurses
• Case Managers
• Marriage and Family Therapists
• School Psychologists
• School Counselors
• Dietitians
• Dietary Managers
• Any professional providing eating disorders treatment or counseling

Sponsor Background:

Leading the Way in Professional Development.

Cross Country Education is a national leader in high-quality educational products and services for the entire health care industry. Our seminars and training programs are designed to help health care providers achieve improved performance and results in all areas of clinical, financial and operational management. Our faculty of more than 150 instructors are the "best of the best" in their field of expertise and know how to provide programs that really make a difference to participants.

Since 1995, we have trained over 1,000,000 providers, managers, nurses, behavioral health professionals and other key personnel throughout the entire healthcare industry. We produce over 5,000 seminars and conferences annually for the health care industry. Plus, we coordinate in-house training for health care facilities. Let us provide your training and professional education needs!

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Quote From Past Participants:

"Julie has a compassionate heart which is evident in her teaching and her clinical work. Her extensive knowledge and experience with this population enables her to be a gifted teacher on this topic. This class will be an asset for any mental health professional." - Psychotherapist and consultant