EDReferral.com Newsletter � June, 2007: Table of Contents

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Current Research on Eating Disorders:  

Cross-ethnic differences in eating disorder symptoms and related distress.
Franko DL, Becker AE, Thomas JJ, Herzog DB. Department of Psychiatry, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA. OBJECTIVE: This study investigated ethnic differences in the frequency of eating disorder symptoms and related distress in a U.S. college-based eating disorders screening program. METHOD: Responses to self-report questions and counselors' assessment were analyzed in an ethnically diverse sample (n = 5,435). RESULTS: The frequency of binge-eating, restrictive eating, vomiting, and amenorrhea did not differ significantly across ethnic groups. However, significant between-group differences were found with respect to modes of purging. Binge correlates (e.g., eating until uncomfortably full) were significantly more frequent among Caucasian than African American participants (p < .001). Binge eating was the best predictor of distress among Caucasians, African Americans, and Latinos, whereas vomiting was the best predictor of distress among Asians. Asian participants who used laxatives were significantly less likely to receive a recommendation for further evaluation than non-Asian participants. CONCLUSION: Ethnic diversity in symptom prevalence and related distress was identified. Clinician recognition of this potential diversity may enhance culturally competent care for eating disorders. Resource: Int J Eat Disord. 2007 Mar;40(2):156-64.

Business Opportunity

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For Professionals - Conferences/Seminars/Online Courses/Study Groups:  

The Renfrew Center Foundation - Eating Disorders and Spirituality: Awakening the Silent Soul half-day training for behavioral health professionals and dietitians. The seminar will offer strategies to help women with eating disorders connect mind, body and spirit and to allow the authentic self to emerge. Healing through relationship will be examined as a tool to enhance spirituality in this difficult-to-treat population. 3 CEUs are offered. Dates and locations are listed below. For more information visit www.renfrew.org. To register, contact Donna Vitz at 954-698-9222 x2015.

June 8, 2007:

Milwaukee, WI � presented by Jill Hranicka, PsyD

Orlando, FL � presented by Susan Kleinman, MA, ADTR, NCC

June 15, 2007:

Minneapolis, MN � presented by Susan Kleinman, MA, ADTR, NCC

Tampa, FL � presented by Jennifer Nardozzi, PsyD

Ambler, PA: 2007 certification training sessions in Bariatric Surgery Aftercare  My Self Design seeks clinicians who are: 1. interested in providing quality individual aftercare to bariatric surgery patients, 2. experienced at treating eating and weight disorders, 3. licensed and indemnified in the states where they practice, My Self Design is a unique, individual counseling program for Lap Band, Gastric Bypass and DS surgery patients involving 18 counseling sessions over the first two years after surgery. It is rooted in a cognitive behavioral model of therapy and was developed to help bariatric surgery patients plan and implement the behavioral changes required for long term success.  Emerging research suggests that many current bariatric patients will, unfortunately, regain a significant portion of their surgical weight loss. My Self Design believes this trend can be reversed. Seven year outcome data shows that patients who complete the program and maintain annual follow up can expect to enjoy long term maintenance of 80% or more of their original surgical weight loss. Quality aftercare is the key! 2007 certification training sessions are scheduled for July 20-21 & August 3-4 in Ambler, PA. Certified providers receive all copyrighted program materials including treatment manual, client exercises, two My Self Design DVD�s: �Weight Loss Surgery: An Inside Look� and �Boomerang: Challenging Regain After Weight Loss Surgery�, marketing materials, 2 days of program training in Ambler , 4 hours of post training phone consultation, and a webpage on the national website www.myselfdesign.com. For more information contact: Carol Signore, MS, LMFT, FAED 215-540-9675.

Las Vegas, NV: Advanced Treatments for Eating Disorders: Clinical Recipes for Success.  CRC Health Group - Eating Disorders Division is pleased to announce they will be co-sponsoring a national conference in Las Vegas this June. The event will be held at the Green Valley Resort and Spa in Las Vegas on June 21-24. Among the many field professionals participating, guest speakers and panel members include Margo Maine, PhD, Ann Kearney-Cooke, PhD, Ed Tyson, MD, and Walter Kaye, MD (among others). 23.5 CEUs will be offered for those seeking credits. For more information, visit www.BFIsummit.com or contact Brenda at bondic@crchealth.com. You can register online.

New Tele-seminar: 7 STEPS TO LIVE A NEW LIFE STORY�A ROAD MAP for Eating Disorder Professionals. Dates: May 30- June 27, 2007 7:00pm, EST. Comprehensive Tele-seminar series presents a proven system of transformation for the Eating Disorder Professional to serve as a Transition Mentor. 7 Steps to Live a New Life Story� is a master plan especially designed for the professional to mentor the seven step ROAD MAP� program. Guide your clients and patients to write an empowered new life story and effectively facilitate lasting lifestyle change. Learn a guided master plan with strategic steps to write the next chapter of a life story. Transform a life story using the proven Live A New Life Story ROAD MAP� program. Apply exercises and work tools that systematically guide action steps for change. Use new research from psychology and neuroscience to implement changes of belief, behavior, and performance. Address the common yet elusive challenges and obstacles to achievement. Tele-seminar includes Live A New Life Story ROAD MAP� program, New Life Story Workbook� with 19 tools and exercises to recognize, own, assess, change, and transform a life story, and A New Life Story Glossary.�  Facilitator: David Krueger, M.D. is an Executive Mentor Coach, and CEO of MentorPath, an executive coaching firm to mentor professionals on the art and science of success strategies. A former Clinical Professor of Psychiatry at Baylor College of Medicine and Founder/Director of an acclaimed eating disorders treatment program, he is author of 14 trade and professional books on success, work, money, and self-development. Website: www.NewLifeStoryCoaching.com.

Donald Altman presents "Steps to Mindful Eating Tele-Class" (Tuesdays, June 12-July 17, 6:00-7:00 EST) and "Mindful Warrior Study Group" (Tuesdays, June 12-July 24th, 4:30-5:30 EST). STEPS TO MINDFUL EATING is an introductory, practical class that will give dietitians, therapists, and other health professionals basic mindfulness tools and skills that can be put to use right away! Learn how to bring useful concepts such as "Food Static", "7-Steps of Normal and Mindful Eating", and the "S-T-O-P Mindfulness Bite method of eating" to patients. The class includes experiential exercises and is based on Donald Altman's 12-Weeks to Mindful Eating Treatment Program. And, this class offers an available 6 CE units for dietitians. The All-New MINDFUL WARRIOR STUDY GROUP is designed for any healthcare professional who has some experience in mindfulness and wants to deepen her/his experience of it in their own life. This group will focus on expanding the horizon of mindfulness as experienced in values, creativity, and interpersonal relationships, as well as more traditional body/breath awareness. Fee: $145 for either class. Both classes are toll-free call-in telephone classes. Donald Altman, MA, is an eating disorder counselor, award-winning writer and author of several books on mindful eating, and a former Buddhist monk. He also serves on the board of directors of The Center for Mindful Eating (TCME.ORG) and is an adjunct professor at Lewis and Clark College Graduate School of Education and Counseling. To register or for more information: www.mindfulpractices.com Contact Donald at: info@mindfulpractices.com or 503-650-2208 x-1.

Molly Kellogg�s Counseling Intensive for Nutrition Professionals: New York City: Philadelphia: September 28, 2007. This is a practical workshop designed to advance dietitians� nutrition counseling skills. CPE units for Registered Dietitians. Presented in conjunction with Jessica Setnick�s Eating Disorders Boot Camp (9 credits) in New York. There is a discounted fee if professionals register for both programs. Details are available at www.mollykellogg.com. You can also subscribe to the free Counseling Tips e-mail series.

Philadelphia, PA: The 17th Annual Renfrew Center Foundation Conference For Professionals, Feminist Perspectives and Beyond: Exploring Eating Disorders Recovery. This is a four-day seminar for behavioral health professionals and dietitians and offers 22.5 CEUs. The event is taking place at the Philadelphia Airport Marriott, Philadelphia, PA on November 8th - 11th, 2007. The 2007 Conference is dedicated to an exploration of eating disorders recovery. The essential components and correlates, even the definition, of recovery and the recovery process are still very controversial topics in our field. While it is crucial to determine how recovery occurs and what factors most support recovery, it is difficult to do so when it is not yet clear how best to formulate and measure what getting better actually means. The Keynote Speakers for this conference are Arianna Huffington, Anne E. Becker, MD, PhD, ScM, Kelly Klump, PhD, Michael Levine, PhD and Scott Crow, MD. Visit the website for additional information http://renfrew.org/news-events/event.asp?id=96. 

Sacramento, CA: Summit Eating Disorders and Outreach Program for the 2007 Eating Disorders and Body Image Symposium, �Mind, Body & Spirit: Foundations For Recovery� on September 7-8, 2007 at the Doubletree Hotel in Sacramento, CA . Keynote speakers include Margo Maine, Ph.D., author of Body Wars: Making Peace With Women's Bodies and Father Hunger: Fathers, Daughters and Food and cofounder of the Maine & Weinstein Specialty Group, Richard Levine M.D., Professor of Pediatrics and Psychiatry at the Pennsylvania State University School of Medicine and Chief of the Division of Adolescent Medicine and Eating Disorders at the Penn State Children�s Hospital and the Milton S. Hershey Medical Center in Hershey, Pennsylvania, and Jenni Schaefer, author of Life Without ED: How One Woman Declared Independence from Her Eating Disorder and How You Can Too and an inspiring singer songwriter who speaks nationally about her recovery and subsequent �divorce� from ED. Early bird and student rates are available for registration and includes continental breakfast on both days and lunch on Friday, Symposium materials, entrance into the exhibitor hall and 12 CEUs for psychologists, LCSW�s, MFT�s, RN�s and RD�s will be offered. Please visit our website for more information at www.sedop.org or call (916) 920-5276.

Southern California - Professional Study Groups: Carolyn Costin, MFT invites all treating professionals to her study groups. Both groups cover case reviews, treatment strategies, new literature and research, and other areas related to treatment of eating disorders. CEU's are given to MFT's and LCSW's. For more information call 310-457-9958. Group #1 takes place the first Tuesday of every month from Noon to 1pm at the Eating Disorder Center of CA, www.edcca.com. Group #2 takes place the first Wednesday of every month from 12:00-1:30pm at the Monte Nido Treatment Center, www.montenido.com.

Advocacy:    

Advocacy - The Eating Disorders Coalition for Research, Policy and Action. The EDC, a Washington, D.C. advocacy organization, is preparing to expand its online information about eating disorders among men and boys and other populations. If you know of high quality resources already online, let them know. The EDC would like to link to those pages, or share the information already available. Send suggestions to manager@eatingdisorderscoalition.org. The Eating Disorders Coalition is your voice in Washington, D.C.! Consider joining the coalition. Individuals can join their email list. Hospitals, treatment programs, non-profits, and other groups can become EDC member organizations. For more information visit http://eatingdisorderscoalition.org/involved/involved.html.

Indiana Eating Disorders Coalition: The Indiana Eating Disorders Coalition is a grass-roots movement dedicated to raising awareness about eating disorders in the state of Indiana and advocating for comprehensive change in several key areas including healthcare availability, insurance coverage, research funding, and social stigma.  The IEDC is not a formally structured organization, but is instead a community of concerned people whose lives have been affected by eating disorders. For more information visit http://www.iupui.edu/~philosop/iedc.htm.

Treatment Center News:  

Arizona Treatment Center News � Remuda Ranch: Remuda Ranch has treated more than 6,500 women and girls with eating disorders since 1990. Their Christian programs treat patients of all faiths and prepare them for complete recovery when they return home for continued outpatient treatment. They have developed tools to assist outpatient providers such as:

1. Professional Network: Visit www.professionals.remudaranch.com for resources and continuing education opportunities.

2. Complimentary Educational Consultation Service: Call 1-800-445-1900 ext. 5288 or email consult@remudaranch.com for answers to your eating disorder related questions.

3. Educational Luncheons: Visit www.remudaranch.com/register to learn more about locations and dates.

4. The Remuda Review: The Christian Journal of Eating Disorders: Call 1-800-445-1900 ext. 5251 to order your complimentary subscription.

When inpatient treatment is needed, call Remuda Ranch at 1-800-445-1900. �By partnering together, we can make recovery a reality.�  

Calabasas, CA Treatment Center News � Monte Nido Residential Treatment Center.  Monte Nido combines a beautiful natural healing environment with the expertise of the renowned national expert and author, Carolyn Costin, and the treatment professionals from her company, Community Counseling for Individuals and Families, Inc. Monte Nido is a very small, intimate facility. Monte Nido only takes six clients at a time. Clients treated at Monte Nido are all women suffering from anorexia, bulimia or exercise addiction. The facility has a family-like environment; their unique level system allows each client to gain increasing freedom and responsibility for her own recovery. By the end of her stay, each client is shopping for and preparing her own food and monitoring her own exercise. This will help prepare her for handling these activities upon discharge from Monte Nido. They also have a unique transition program, Bella Mar, which offers various levels of transitional and independent living situations. For more information call 310-457-9958, visit www.montenido.com or email mntc@montenido.com.  

Long Beach, CA: Shoreline Center for Eating Disorder Treatment announces the opening of Satori House. Satori House is a non-clinical extended care living home for those in recovery from all forms of eating disorders. It evolved out of an overwhelming need to provide individuals coming out of residential treatment facilities with a supportive living environment which could help them gradually integrate back into their lives and independent living settings. This approach when available, can significantly reduce the chance of relapse. They provide 24 hour support, semi-structured therapeutic and recreational activities as well as community meals and meetings. Guests are supported by a recovery coach, who will work closely with their outpatient treatment team, in defining goals and challenges to be targeted during their stay. Satori House can also be used in combination with the Eating Disorder Intensive Outpatient Program. This program provides 13 hours of individual, group and expressive therapies a week including meals and snacks. The program is within walking distance to Satori House and allows for intensive treatment and supportive living for those not needing a higher level of care. Both Satori House and Shoreline Treatment Center are located in Long Beach, CA. For more information on these or any other of their treatment programs, call the intake department at 562-434-6007, or visit the website at www.shoreline-eatingdisorders.com.

Ventura County, CA Treatment Center News: Pacific Shores Hospital: Pacific Shores Hospital is a 30-bed facility completely dedicated to Rader Programs Eating Disorders Treatment. The facility was specifically designed to provide a warm and nurturing environment. The facility is located five minutes from the ocean in picturesque Ventura County just North of Los Angeles and South of Santa Barbara in Southern California. Rader Programs at Pacific Shores Hospital maintains an outstanding treatment team with extensive experience and training in Rader Program's proven treatment philosophy. The Rader Program is a national treatment center with multiple locations. The facility accepts patients from all across the United States. For more information visit www.raderprograms.com , call 800-841-1515 or email rader@raderprograms.com.

Support Groups Led by Professionals:  

Oakland and San Francisco, CA Support Groups: New group forming in Oakland and two openings in an on-going eating disorder group in San Francisco. Combining cognitive-behavioral techniques, experiential exercises and interpersonal work participants will gain: relief from constant food/body obsession, support from others, and effective ways to deal with an internal critic.  The facilitator, Alison McCabe, MFT, has been licensed 13 years, specializing in eating disorder treatment, anxiety disorders and depression. For more information or to schedule an initial interview, contact Ms. McCabe at 510-273-9969 or email alisonmccabe@sbcglobal.net.

Manassas, VA: Improve Your Body Image from the Inside Out this Spring. This is an innovative therapy group for women suffering with anorexia, bulimia, and binge-eating begins Monday May 14th at Crossroads Counseling. The group will run on Monday evenings from 7-8:30pm and will focus on issues that underlie all types of eating disorders. If you are tired of just dealing symptoms this group is for you. Having a distorted body image is very self-destructive and affects all areas of life. The sessions will be based on the following themes: 1. Size Esteem Vs. Self-Esteem, 2 Positive Self-Talk and Being Gentle With Yourself, 3 Looking Beyond the Mirror and Listening to Your Body, 4 Learning to Trust Yourself with Courage and Confidence, 5 Living with Purpose, 6 Self Nurturance: Body, Mind, and Spirit, 7 Surrendering and Letting Go, 8 Embrace Yourself, Embrace Others. Sessions are $50, register by calling Crossroads at 703-361-1525. Questions can be forwarded to mannhardt@comcast.net. Conveniently located near 66 on 7545 Presidential Lane, Manassas, VA. 

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