Eating Disorders (ED)

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Check out this new Eating Disorders Toolkit Forum topic

The toolkit was developed by Centre of Innovation Campus Mental Health (CICMH) in partnership with the Canadian Mental Health Association (CMHA).

The purpose of this toolkit is to help staff and faculty increase their awareness, knowledge, and confidence in supporting students with concerns around eating disorders. While not meant to create experts, this resource offers a starting point for understanding eating disorders, disordered eating, and the unique risk factors students face in post-secondary environments. 

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The Emotion Focused Approach to Disordered Eating: Disrupting Stigma and Promoting Agency Events

The Emotion Focused Approach to Disordered Eating: Disrupting Stigma and Promoting Agency

Join us for an insightful webinar that explores the detrimental effects of the current mainstream perspectives on disordered eating and their predominant treatment methods on sufferers, their families, and the professionals dedicated to helping them. This session will introduce an alternative understanding of eating disorder phenomena and advocate for the use of Emotion Focused Skills Training (EFST) to promote recovery and wellness across the system. Experts Dr.

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DBT Skills Group for Youth and Adult - ongoing open enrollment - in-person Forum topic

PEACE Psychotherapy is an association of independent private practice psychotherapists committed to teaching life changing DBT skills to some of the most challenging clients. We offer Individual, Family and Group Therapy to help clients struggling with overwhelming negative emotions and impulses, and habitual problem behaviours.

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DBT Skills Group for Youth and Adult - ongoing open enrollment - in-person Forum topic

PEACE Psychotherapy is an association of independent private practice psychotherapists committed to teaching life changing DBT skills to some of the most challenging clients. We offer Individual, Family and Group Therapy to help clients struggling with overwhelming negative emotions and impulses, and habitual problem behaviours.

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Wanting and not wanting to live and to die - The concept of a "life worth living" in eating disorders care Events

Webinar details: November 18, 2024 | 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. ET 

Facilitators: Anita Federici, PhD, CPsych, FAED, James Downs, MEd., MBPsyS.

Client category: Professionals working with individuals 12 years to adulthood

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Ontario Health’s Mental Health and Addictions Centre of Excellence Webinar: Mental Health and Addictions Quarterly Events

Mental Health and Addictions Quarterly

Tuesday, October 15, 2024
12:00 - 1:30 PM EDT

Register to attend Ontario Health’s Mental Health and Addictions Centre of Excellence’s (COE) quarterly webinar on Tuesday, October 15, at noon

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EHN Canada Webinar: Treatment and management of severe eating disorders Events

Join us on Tuesday, February 13, 2024, between 12-1 pm EST for a deeper dive into the management and treatment of eating disorders with Dr. Kalam Sutandar, consultant psychiatrist in the Eating Disorders Program exclusively at Bellwood Health Services. Gain a better understanding of the principles of management and treatment for eating disorders as well as treatment of concurrent substance use and Post Traumatic Stress Disorder , and the importance of a sound medical approach.

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The realities of supporting a loved one with an eating disorder Events

You may be alarmed to know that eating disorders have one of the highest death rates in mental health, second only to opioid addiction.

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Applying to the CRPO & Writing the Mapping Tool Events

This workshop is for those interested in applying to the College of Registered Psychotherapists of Ontario (CRPO) through the Non-recognized program stream. It is a 6-part workshop and runs from Sunday October 12 - Sunday December 17, 1-3:30PM EST, via ZOOM.
In part 1 (session #1), we discuss the essentials about the application process including choosing your currency route, writing your overview, required forms and paperwork, and course outlines.
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Research Snapshot: Acute care visits for eating disorders increased after onset of COVID-19 pandemic Forum topic

In the first few months after the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, pediatric hospitals in high-income countries began to report substantial increases in acute presentations of eating disorders. These findings were important because ED admissions or visits before the pandemic had generally stagnated or decreased.

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Research snapshot: Therapeutic uses of psychedelics for eating disorders and body dysmorphic disorder Forum topic

Clinicians have proven few pharmacological and psychotherapeutic treatments effective for body dysmorphic disorder (BDD) and eating disorders (ED). However, researchers are exploring new treatment options for those with EDs and BDD including psychedelic-assisted therapies. This systematic review collected and evaluated evidence related to the therapeutic impact psychedelics have on patients diagnosed with EDs and BDD.

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Ontario Health’s Mental Health and Addictions Centre of Excellence Eating Disorders Webinar Events

Register to attend Ontario Health’s Mental Health and Addictions Centre of Excellence’s first webinar on the development of the Eating Disorders Provincial Program. Ontario Health is working with people with lived experience, service providers, and administrators to develop an accessible, standardized, evidence-based, and high-quality eating disorders system in Ontario.

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