National Psychology Training Consortium

Introductory --- Designed for psychologists who may have little to no background in a specialized skill or content area. The learner can become acquainted with the theoretical underpinnings, principles, methods, and perspectives of a content area. Although it can be used as a foundation for more advanced learning, a program may simply focus on breadth, enrichment or general knowledge.

Course Description and Target Audience

This presentation will focus on diagnostic criteria for anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa, binge eating disorder, and other specified feeding and eating disorders. We will discuss best practices for conducting eating disorders assessments. We will review specific techniques and guidelines for assessing common eating disorder behaviors and cognitions and how these relate to DSM 5 diagnoses. Target audience: Mental health trainees.

Information in this presentation is drawn from the DSM5, validated assessments for eating disorders, and peer-reviewed research. Limitations, which will be discussed in this presentation, are that assessment and diagnosis for EDs has been validated using primarily White affluent female samples, which limits generalizability to other groups and has resulted in decreased identification of EDs in minoritized populations. No risks noted.

We will discuss considerations of eating disorder assessment in underdiagnosed and undertreated populations including racial and ethnic minority groups, men, LGBT populations, and people with food insecurity.

Learning Objectives

• Participants will be able to describe the DSM 5 diagnostic criteria for eating disorders.
• Participants will be able to describe best practices for conducting eating disorder assessment.
• Participants will be able to demonstrate ability to probe for specific eating disorder symptoms in assessment.

Presenter Information

Dr. Christensen Pacella is an Assistant Professor of Psychology at the University of Nevada Las Vegas. Her research focuses on identifying new clinical targets for eating disorder interventions and using digital health to increase access to evidence-based care. She has extensive experience in eating disorder assessment and diagnosis and has provided clinical services for eating disorders at the outpatient, intensive outpatient, and partial hospitalization levels of care. She is currently the Co-Chair of the Assessment and Diagnosis Special Interest Group for the Academy for Eating Disorders.  

Live Training Format

Attendance for this live training will be tracked by attendees completing the following tasks:

• Attend the live training in full and review all provided documents in their entirety.
• The Live CE Training Evaluation will be provided to all attendees. Please be sure to complete this evaluation in addition to attending the training.
• Downloading the CE Certificate.
   

CE Certificate

This course includes the materials required to obtain a CE Certificate. Your certificate will be made available to you upon completion of the training course. 

Questions or Concerns?

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National Psychology Training Consortium (NPTC) is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. NPTC maintains responsibility for this program and its content.