Continuing Education and Trainings for Medical Professionals

ACUTE CE Catalogue

• The Intersection of Good Intention and Effective Intervention: Why Specialized Medical Stabilization Matters for Severe Eating Disorders

  Eating disorders are often inextricably connected to serious medical complications especially as the eating disorder becomes more severe and chronic. Therefore, expert medical care is required to care for these patients when their eating disorder has progressed in order to efficiently and effectively begin the medical stabilization process. This 1.5 credit hour course will inform how and when to access specialized medical stabilization in order to effectuate progress towards a sustained recovery from an eating disorder.

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• How to Identify a Covert Eating Disorder: Expert Medical Stabilization for Patients suffering from Severe Eating Disorders and Other Forms of Malnutrition

  In this 1 credit hour course, the presenter will provide an overview of the difficulties commonly encountered in diagnosing patients with eating disorders. The presenter will introduce this topic through case studies showcasing the nuances in diagnosing an eating disorder. Discussion will include physiologic and behavioral effects, resulting directly from starvation; the diagnostic criteria for various commonly encountered eating disorders, based on the 5th edition Diagnostic and Statistical Manual; and various clues that a covert eating disorder may be present.

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• Assessment and Treatment of Avoidant/Restrictive Food Intake Disorder (ARFID): How It Differs From Anorexia Nervosa and Requires Unique Treatment Interventions

  This 1 credit hour presentation will explore the psychology and treatment of avoidant/restrictive food intake disorder (ARFID), including how it presents in a clinical setting among pediatric and adult patients, what factors underly the development and persistence of ARFID, how it differs from and is similar to anorexia nervosa (AN), and what treatment strategies hold promise in addressing this feeding disorder.

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• Complex Intervention When It Matters Most: A Case Study Review

  During this 1.5 credit hour course, the session utilizes case studies to explore common yet complex patient profiles who benefit from inpatient medical stabilization prior to inpatient behavioral care. Case illustrations cover topics including tube-feeding, refeeding psychosis, purging detox/edema management, atypical anorexia nervosa/weight disruption, malnutrition/MAI, involuntary treatment and adolescents with extreme eating disorders.

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• Nutritional Rehabilitation and Early Refeeding of the Severely Malnourished Patient

  This 1 credit hour presentation is to help provide education for nutrition professionals on how to nourish a severely malnourished patient.  It will help to shine light on medical complications that can arise from anorexia nervosa and provide education on appropriate medical nutrition therapy to help patients heal from these medical complications.  It will also provide information on using enteral and parenteral nutrition in this patient population.

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• Severe Eating Disorders in Children, Adolescents and Young Adults: ​From a Psychiatric and Medical Perspective ​

  Eating disorders are often inseparable from serious medical complications. Therefore, expert medical and psychiatric care is required to provide adequate care for adolescents and young adults suffering from eating disorders. This 1 credit hour course will inform how to identify psychiatric comorbidities and medical complications common in eating disorders in adolescents and young adults.

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• Mental Health on the Rise: What to Look for and How You Can Help

  Our nation is facing a mental health crisis. This 1 credit hour presentation will help familiarize you with some of the most common, and most life-threatening, mental health disorders in today’s age with a focus on eating disorders. You will learn of what signs or symptoms to look for, how mental health issues have risen and how you can support someone who is struggling. The presentation serves as a roadmap to increase your confidence and competence surrounding mental health, as well as provide resources for education and treatment.

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• Strength, Mobility and Engagement: Physical and Occupational Therapy for Patients with Eating Disorders

  In this 1 credit hour course, the learners examine how restoring strength, mobility and engagement capabilities through skilled rehabilitation services yields tremendous value for physical and mental health in patients with severe and extreme eating disorders. Clinical definitions, practical application and research related to physical and occupational therapy will be complemented with case studies illustrating the role these services play in restoring physical, cognitive and emotional engagement in treatment.

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• Identifying “Red Flags” in Patients with an Eating Disorder​

  Eating disorders can be deadly. Helping clients get into the right level of care can literally save a client’s life. This 1 credit hour presentation, you outline to identify medical and behavioral warning signs that your client may need a higher level of care, review levels of care in eating disorder treatment, discuss how to access care and what to do when you have client who is resistant to getting the care they need.

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• The Intersection of Medical, Psychiatric and Psychological Interventions During Medical Stabilization

  Eating disorders like anorexia nervosa and avoidant restrictive food intake disorder are complex psychiatric conditions associated with increased morbidity and mortality. The extreme malnutrition that often results can cause widespread medical complications across multiple organ systems. This 1.5 credit hour course will inform how effective psychiatric and psychological care is imperative in treating these difficult conditions, in which psychological factors often play a role in the persistence of the disorders.

  *Speakers may vary