Treating suicide and self-harm in youth with eating disorders

Webinar details: December, 9, 2024 | 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. ET

Facilitators: Anita Federici, PhD, CPsych, FAED,  and Gina Dimitropoulos, MSW, PhD

Client category: Professionals working with individuals 12 years to adulthood

Level of training: Introductory

Description: Eating disorders (EDs) are complex biological and psychiatric illnesses associated with significant morbidity and mortality.  While FBT is considered a first-line treatment, more than 50% of patients do not respond adequately and relapse rates remain high. Research has highlighted that differential treatment approaches are needed for individuals presenting with co-occurring suicide, self-injury, trauma, and specific bio-temperamental characteristics. Standard ED treatments were never designed to treat multiple high-risk behaviours, do not have protocols for managing chronic suicide or self-injury, and do not comprehensively target emotion regulation problems. Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT) is a comprehensive and multi-modal framework for managing emotion and interpersonal regulation difficulties. Integrating DBT and FBT provides a solid framework to help families and adolescents who struggle with multiple problem behaviours in the context of an eating disorder.

This introductory training will provide a brief overview of the scientific evidence of FBT and DBT and the rationale for integrating these two models for adolescents with anorexia nervosa experiencing other comorbid diagnosis.  Special attention will be given to parents of children struggling with suicide ideation and self -harm behaviours.

Learning objectives:

• Understand the fundamental principles, interventions and distinct phases of FBT
• Describe the rationale for integrating DBT and FBT
• Use the adapted Biosocial Theory with clients
• Demonstrate dialectical strategies and DBT treatment assumptions
• Use DBT commitment strategies to manage food and weight challenges
• Teach families how to use behaviour chain analysis
• Explain when and how to integrate multifamily skills into FBT

Registration fees: General $300 | Student $270

Learn more and register at: https://cvent.me/9qXWLA

Please note: Join us for our other eating disorders webinar and enhance your skills and insights acrossmore topics.

• March 3, 2025 - The practice and practicalities of DBT skills for eating disorders.