Big Ideas In Eating Disorders

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   1. Dr. Kelly Klump

   Today we have the good fortune to hear from Dr. Kelly Klump whose contributions to the field of eating disorders are indeed invaluable. Inspired by one of her early mentors, Professor Gloria Leon, Dr. Klump has embarked on a journey of groundbreaking research that reshapes our understanding of the complex interplay between genetics, hormones, and environmental factors in the development of eating disorders. Dr. Klump’s exploration of gonadal hormones, including estrogen, progesterone, and testos

   Mar 20,2024 42:35
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   2. Carolyn Becker

   In this episode, we delve into the insights of Trinity University Psychology Professor Carolyn Becker, whose insatiable curiosity and openness to explore diverse fields have been the driving forces behind her innovative and fruitful career. Recognized for her excellence in teaching and research, Professor Becker's expertise lies in implementing scientifically backed interventions in both clinical and real-world contexts. She has led innovative work focused on body image and athletes and has spea

   Mar 14,2024 41:00
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   3. Dr. Anne Becker

   Today’s episode takes us on a global journey with Dr. Anne Becker, Maude and Lillian Presley Professor of Global Health and Social Medicine at Harvard Medical School. Although Anne never became the meteorologist she imagined in her youth, as a psychiatrist and anthropologist, she traveled far from home to launch pioneering work in Fiji focused on how culture contributes to shaping the meaning of body image and risk for eating disorders. In this episode, Anne shares how she got to Fiji, the surpr

   Feb 27,2024 44:43
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   4. Dr. Paul Appelbaum

   We are thrilled to be joined today by Dr. Paul Appelbaum for the last of episode in our special series focused on the proposed diagnosis of “terminal anorexia nervosa.” Dr. Appelbaum is the Elizabeth K Dollard Professor of Psychiatry, Medicine, and Law at Columbia University and Past President of the American Psychiatric Association, the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law, and the Massachusetts Psychiatric Society. A member of the Institute of Medicine of the National Academy of Sciences

   Feb 08,2024 36:28
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   5. Rachel Rattenni

   I am delighted to be joined today by Rachel Rattenni as part of our special series focused on the proposed diagnosis “terminal anorexia nervosa.” Rachel has a graduate degree in bioethics from Columbia University and is currently pursuing a master’s in public health at Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health.  She also serves as Rachel serves as the Program Assistant for Big Ideas In Eating Disorders. Her formal studies and work, in combination with her own lived experience wi

   Feb 05,2024 36:55
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   6. Dr. Eric Van Furth

   Today's episode of Big Ideas in Eating Disorders is part of a special series delving into the proposed diagnosis of "Terminal Anorexia Nervosa." I am honored to have Dr. Eric van Furth, a clinical psychologist and Professor of Eating Disorders in the Department of Psychiatry at Leiden University Medical Center, as our guest. With decades of experience in the eating disorder field, Dr. van Furth has received numerous awards and accolades, including a Leadership Award from the Academy for Eating D

   Feb 01,2024 41:58
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   7. Rosiel Elwyn

   The current episode is the third of our six-part series focused on the proposed diagnosis of “terminal anorexia nervosa.” My guest is Rosiel Elwyn (they/them/she), a PhD candidate at the Thompson Institute, Australia, who is studying the neurobiology of anorexia nervosa with a focus on the role of trauma and its effects on the glutamatergic system, the gut microbiome, and interoceptive function. Rosiel has lived with anorexia nervosa since childhood and currently works as a lived experience rese

   Jan 29,2024 43:07
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   8. Dr. Angela Guarda

   Joining the podcast is Dr. Angela Guarda, the Stephen and Jean Robinson Professor of Eating Disorders in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine and Director of their Eating Disorders Program since 1997. This is the second episode in a six-part series that revolves around Guadiani, Bogetz, and Yager's suggested diagnosis of "Terminal Anorexia Nervosa." In our conversation, Dr. Guarda reflects on her decades of clinical and research expertise a

   Jan 25,2024 40:23
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   9. Dr. Joel Yager

   This marks the beginning of a six-part series centered around the proposed diagnosis of "Terminal Anorexia Nervosa." In this inaugural episode, I talk with Dr. Joel Yager, Professor Emeritus of Psychiatry at the University of Colorado School of Medicine. Dr. Yager, alongside co-authors Dr. Jennifer Guadiani and Alyssa Bogetz, an individual with Anorexia Nervosa who passed away before the article's publication, proposed the criteria for “Terminal Anorexia Nervosa” in the paper linked below.With d

   Jan 23,2024 47:34
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    10. Judy Banker

    Join us for an episode with consummate eating disorders clinician, Judith Banker. As founder and Executive Director of the Center for Eating Disorders in Ann Arbor since 1983, Judy has a breadth of experience and a depth of wisdom that few therapists achieve in a lifetime. In this episode, she observes the rising rate of eating disorders across the age spectrum - with many younger and older individuals presenting for treatment compared to when she first began in the field. Judy reflects on the p

    Dec 20,2023 36:49
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    11. Dr. Bryn Austin

    In this episode we hear from Dr. Bryn Austin, award-winning researcher, teacher, and mentor and Founding Director of the Strategic Training Initiative for the Prevention of Eating Disorders: A Public Health Incubator (STRIPED). Dr. Austin is Professor of Pediatrics at Harvard Medical School and Professor of Social and Behavioral Sciences at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. In this episode, she urges all of us in the field to think about risk for eating disorders from a public healt

    Dec 13,2023 40:12
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    12. Kyle DeYoung

    Professor Kyle DeYoung started his university education with a focus on engineering and shifted pursuits when he decided to take a psychology elective and discovered his passion for the field. He reflects on the profound impact mentors can have in shaping our academic and professional careers and shares some really interesting ideas about the relationship of sleep and circadian rhythms to eating behaviors. Join us for this episode to learn more about a truly big idea in eating disorders.

    Dec 04,2023 41:13
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    13. Dr. Allan Kaplan

    In this episode, Dr. Pike is joined by Dr. Allan Kaplan who is University of Toronto Department of Psychiatry Professor and past Vice Dean for  Graduate and Academic Affairs in the Faculty of Medicine. Dr. Kaplan has served as President of both the Academy for Eating Disorders and the Eating Disorders Research Society. Reflecting decades of experience as a researcher, educator, and clinician, in this episode, Dr. Kaplan describes the abyss between the general public’s misunderstanding of eating

    Nov 27,2023 41:44
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    14. Dr. Pamela Keel

    Dr. Pamela Keel is Distinguished Research Professor of Psychology at Florida State University. Dr. Keel has served as president of the Academy of Eating Disorders and the Eating Disorder Research Society and has contributed widely to the field of eating disorders. Here we discuss how Dr. Keel’s work on purging disorder stemmed from her earlier clinical work on bulimia nervosa and how our existing diagnostic system fails to describe the syndrome of purging that burdens a significant number of ind

    Nov 06,2023 45:14
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    15. Dr. Yael Latzer

    Professor Yael Latzer is former Dean of the School of Social Work at the Faculty of Social Welfare and Health Sciences at Haifa University in Israel. She is also the founder and former director of the Eating Disorders Institution in the Psychiatric Division in Rambam, Health Care Campus. Dr. Latzer is also one of the founders of the Israeli Association for Eating Disorders and served for several years as its president. In this episode, Professor Latzer shares with us the innovative residential p

    Oct 25,2023 43:28
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    16. Dr. Jenny Thomas

    In this episode of Big Ideas In Eating Disorders, Dr. Jenny Thomas shares with us how her personal history as an aspiring ballerina put her at risk for developing an eating disorder, her good fortune in getting evidence-based therapy, and how this propelled her into becoming a pioneer in the study and treatment of ARFID.LINKS:https://www.massgeneral.org/assets/mgh/pdf/psychiatry/arfid%20r01%20ar%20flyer%208.18.22.pdfhttps://rally.massgeneralbrigham.org/study/project_feed_arfid

    Oct 09,2023 43:43
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    17. Dr. Michael J. Devlin

    Dr. Michael J. Devlin is Professor of Clinical Psychiatry at Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons and where he is also a member of the Eating Disorders Research Unit at New York State Psychiatric Institute. He has served as President of the Academy for Eating Disorders and was a pioneer in the development of behavioral treatments for individuals with Binge Eating Disorder. In this episode, Dr. Devlin urges us to focus on the implications of the language we use, recognizing that

    Jul 24,2023 43:10
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    18. Dr. Glenn Waller

    Dr. Glenn Waller is a clinical psychologist and professor at the University of Sheffield, UK. He is a past-president of the Academy for Eating Disorders, and is currently president of the Eating Disorders Research Society. Dr. Waller has decades of experience as a clinical researcher evaluating and evolving cognitive behavioral treatments for individuals with eating disorders. In this episode, he challenges therapists to refrain from adopting what Paul Meehl called the “spun glass theory of mind

    Jul 10,2023 39:13
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    19. Dr. Hans Hoek

    Dr. Hans Hoek is clinical psychiatrist at the Eating Disorders Program in the Hague and Professor of Psychiatry at University of Groningen in the Netherlands. He also holds a faculty appointment at Columbia University in New York City. For many years, Dr. Hoek served as director of the psychiatric residency program and dean of Parnassia Psychiatric Institute, The Hague, a large mental health institute with branches across the Netherlands. He has conducted pioneering work on the epidemiology of e

    Jun 19,2023 35:37
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    20. Dr. Marsha Marcus

    Dr. Marsha Marcus, Professor Emerita at The University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, has devoted a significant part of her career to the study of binge eating and the development of treatments for people with binge eating disorder. She started out with a focus on obesity treatment. During the course of her work, she noticed that a significant percentage of people seeking weight-loss treatment also described patterns of binge eating that contributed significantly to their health concerns and

    Jun 02,2023 41:23
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    21. Dr. Eva Trujillo

    Dr. Eva Trujillo is the founder and executive director of Comenzar de Nuevo, a nonprofit organization recognized throughout Latin America that supports the prevention, teaching, research, advocacy, and treatment of eating disorders at all levels of care. Dr. Trujillo’s treatment program receives an average of 400 first-time patients annually from 11 countries and 27 states of Mexico and serves as a model for other Latin American countries. In this episode, Dr. Trujillo speaks from experience and

    May 08,2023 33:53
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    22. Donna Friedman

    Donna Friedman, M.S., is the founder of the Friedman Center for Eating Disorders at the Medical University of South Carolina. Ms. Friedman has personal lived experience with eating disorders, as both someone who has had anorexia nervosa and a parent of a son with an eating disorder. In this episode, Ms. Friedman reflects on her personal and professional journey of treatment and recovery. Donna talks with Kathy about her varied experiences with treatment, the neuroscience of eating disorders, and

    Apr 17,2023 39:15
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    23. Dr. Craig Johnson

    Dr. Craig Johnson is the Senior Clinical Advisor at the Eating Recover Center in Denver, Colorado and the Clinical Professor of Psychiatry at the University of Oklahoma Medical School. Dr. Johnson talks about how his academic career in psychology led him to the field of eating disorders and how his study in schizophrenia was the foundation to his early understanding of the field. They discuss the road and bridges that were essential to building the field of eating disorders, the importance of as

    Apr 10,2023 38:55
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    24. Dr. Paul Garfinkel

    Dr. Paul Garfinkel is a Professor in the Department of Psychiatry at the University of Toronto and a Staff Psychiatrist at Centre for Addiction and Mental Health. Dr. Garfinkel talks about how he got into medicine, psychiatry and then into eating disorders. They discuss the influences Hilde Bruch and Herb Weiner had on Dr. Garfinkel, prioritizing prevention strategies and messages about authenticity and not running away from hard things.

    Apr 03,2023 42:13
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    25. Dr. Stewart Agras

    Dr. Stewart Agras is a psychiatrist and psychotherapist, research psychiatrist and Emeritus Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Science at Stanford University. Dr. Agras gives the backstory on how he began studying Agoraphobia and how that eventually led into the field of eating disorders. They discuss Dr. Agras’ experiences studying medicine in England right after war, measuring behavior change and his big idea of making treatment better.

    Mar 27,2023 37:48
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    26. Dr. Ruth Weissman

    Dr. Ruth Weissman is the Walter A. Crowell Professor of Social Science and professor of psychology emerita at Wesleyan University and Editor-in-Chief of the International Journal of Eating Disorders. Dr. Weissman shares how she got her start researching eating and weight disorders at a psychophysiology lab at Max-Planck-Institute for Psychiatry in Munich, Germany. Dr. Weissman highlights the work she did with Drs. Judith Rodin and Lisa Silberstein at Yale University as they developed their psych

    Mar 20,2023 38:09
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    27. Dr. Chris Fairburn

    Dr. Chris Fairburn is a British psychiatrist and researcher, an Emeritus Professor of Psychiatry at the University of Oxford and he is known for his research on the development, evaluation and dissemination of psychological treatments, especially for eating disorders. Dr. Fairburn starts from the beginning and how it all stemmed from how he just wanted to see the world be a different place. They discuss the circumstances behind the case that launched his research career, a clinical trial they wo

    Mar 13,2023 43:29
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    28. Dr. Kelly Vitousek

    Dr. Kelly Vitousek is an Associate Professor of Psychology at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa where she also serves as Co-Director of the Center for Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and is the Director of the Eating Disorders Program.  Dr. Vitousek talks about her journey toward studying eating disorders and starting out with a publication in Psychological Bulletin as a college graduate. They discuss focusing of the distinguishing features of the disorder that set it apart and her big idea about

    Mar 06,2023 43:50
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    29. Dr. B. Timothy Walsh

    Timothy Walsh, MD, FAED, is the William and Joy Ruane Professor of Pediatric Psychopharmacology in the Department of Psychiatry at Columbia University and the author, editor, and co-editor of five books on adolescent health and eating disorders. Dr. Walsh talks about how he got interested in medicine, psychiatry and eating disorders and how he learned the value in knowing what people are eating and not just what they tell you they are eating. They discuss the way people engage in behavior, separ

    Feb 27,2023 41:20
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    30. Intro

    In this series, “Big Ideas in Eating Disorders,” join host, Dr. Kathy Pike, clinical psychologist and professor at Columbia University, as she talks with leaders in the field of eating disorders. We hear from researchers, clinicians, and people who have personally experienced an eating disorder. In each episode, guests share one big idea that they believe is crucial to improving the lives of people at risk for developing or currently living with an eating disorder. Capturing today’s wisdom for a

    Feb 27,2023 03:22
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    31. Introduction

    In this series, “Big Ideas in Eating Disorders,” join host, Dr. Kathy Pike, clinical psychologist and professor at Columbia University, as she talks with leaders in the field of eating disorders. We hear from researchers, clinicians, and people who have personally experienced an eating disorder. In each episode, guests share one big idea that they believe is crucial to improving the lives of people at risk for developing or currently living with an eating disorder. Capturing today’s wisdom for a

    Feb 09,2023 03:22