Professional: October 2004 Archives

Newton-Wellesley Eating Disorders and Behavioral Medicine is in the process of
expanding their clinical staff with the following positions:

(1) Two additional psychotherapists:
NWEDBMED seeks Massachusetts licensed clinicians, either psychologists
or social workers (Ph.D., Psy.D., Ed.D. or LICSW), for halftime
positions in their Newton-Wellesley Hospital and Brookline offices.
The successful candidates for these positions will have expertise in
one or more of the following areas: psychotherapy and case
management of eating disordered patients, CBT, DBT, behavioral medicine.
Eating disorders treatment experience is preferred. Ample collegial
contact and individual/group supervision are provided to develop new
clinical skills.

I was pleased to hear about a newly published book dealing with self harm in combination with eating disorders. As I've mentioned in previous posts (28th July 04 and 30th March 04, self harm is a major and possibly growing problem amongst young people in the UK and elsewhere and often occurs alongside eating problems. 'Self Harm and Eating Disorders' edited by John L. Levitt, Randy A. Sansone and Leigh Cohn will hopefully help clinicians to deal with this comorbidity more effectively.

The following is from the promotional blurb on the book:

The current isse of the journal CNS Spectrums (Vol 9, No 7) has a special issue devoted to the neurobiology of eating disorders, including the following articles:

The Neurobiology of Eating Disorders: A Resurgence of Investigations
By Katherine A. Halmi, MD

Beyond Misconceptions: Neurobiological and Genetic Associations in Eating Disorders
By Sara E. Gorman and Jack M. Gorman, MD

The EDNet Annual Conference, entitled

The Third Cambridge Conference on Teenage Anorexia Nervosa will be held on Tuesday 2nd November 2004 at Churchill College, Cambridge, UK.

This one-day conference focusses on collaborative working between
professionals, young people, families and carers.
Sessions include:
Genetics research
Parent perspectives
Self-help strategies
Multi-family therapy
Patient perspectives.

The conference is being run by FOCUS, the Phoenix Centre and Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust with the support of the Eating Disorders Association.

Further information is available on the Focus Project website.