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Is It Food Addiction? The Differences in Eating Disorders and Addiction

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1 CE Hour
Clinical
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Description

This presentation will compare and contrast assessment and treatment approaches for eating disorders and addictions. Current research and statistics for both will be discussed. This presentation will also explore potential barriers to accurate assessment and diagnosis.

Target Audience
  • • Counselor
  • • Marriage & Family Therapist
  • • Psychologist
  • • Social Worker
  • • Substance Use Disorder Professionals
Educational Goal

The educational goal of this workshop is to increase knowledge about the differences between eating disorders and addiction and their treatment approaches. 

Learning Objectives

At the end of this course, participants will be able to:

  • List 3 differences between eating disorders and addiction.

  • Identify 2 barriers to accurate assessment and diagnosis.

  • Summarize the differences in treatment approaches for EDs vs addiction.

References

  • Fletcher, P. C., & Kenny, P. J. (2018). Food addiction: a valid concept?. Neuropsychopharmacology : official publication of the American College of Neuropsychopharmacology, 43(13), 2506–2513. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41386-018-0203-9

  • Ruddock, H.K., Hardman, C.A. Food Addiction Beliefs Amongst the Lay Public: What Are the Consequences for Eating Behaviour?. Curr Addict Rep 4, 110–115 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s40429-017-0136-0

  • Vasiliu O. (2022). Current Status of Evidence for a New Diagnosis: Food Addiction-A Literature Review. Frontiers in psychiatry, 12, 824936. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyt.2021.824936

  • Westwater, M. L., Fletcher, P. C., & Ziauddeen, H. (2016). Sugar addiction: the state of the science. European journal of nutrition, 55(Suppl 2), 55–69. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00394-016-1229-6

Introductory
Clinical
Counselor

TPN.health has been approved by NBCC as an Approved Continuing Education Provider, ACEP No. 7267. Programs that do not qualify for NBCC credit are clearly identified. TPN.health is solely responsible for all aspects of the programs.

TPN.health is approved by the California Association of Marriage and Family Therapists (Provider #1000101) to sponsor continuing education for LPCCs. TPN.health maintains responsibility for this program/course and its content. Course meets the qualifications for 1 hours of continuing education credit for LPCCs as required by the California Board of Behavioral Sciences.

Trusted Provider Network, LLC is recognized by the New York State Education Department’s State Board for Mental Health Practitioners as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed mental health counselors. #MHC-0220.

Marriage & Family Therapist

TPN.health is approved by the California Association of Marriage and Family Therapists (Provider #1000101) to sponsor continuing education for LMFTs. TPN.health maintains responsibility for this program/course and its content. Course meets the qualifications for 1 hours of continuing education credit for LMFTs as required by the California Board of Behavioral Sciences.

Trusted Provider Network, LLC is recognized by the New York State Education Department’s State Board for Mental Health Practitioners as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed marriage and family therapists #MFT-0097.

Psychologist

Trusted Provider Network is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. Trusted Provider Network maintains responsibility for this program and its content.

TPN.health is approved by the California Association of Marriage and Family Therapists (Provider #1000101) to sponsor continuing education for LEPs. TPN.health maintains responsibility for this program/course and its content. Course meets the qualifications for 1 hours of continuing education credit for LEPs as required by the California Board of Behavioral Sciences.

Trusted Provider Network, LLC is recognized by the New York State Education Department’s State Board for Psychology as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed psychologists #PSY-0125.

Social Worker

TPN.health, #1766, is approved to offer social work continuing education by the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) Approved Continuing Education (ACE) program. Organizations, not individual courses, are approved as ACE providers. State and provincial regulatory boards have the final authority to determine whether an individual course may be accepted for continuing education credit. TPN.health maintains responsibility for this course. ACE provider approval period: 03/31/2022 – 03/31/2025. Social workers completing this course receive 1 Clinical continuing education credits.

Trusted Provider Network, LLC is recognized by the New York State Education Department’s State Board for Social Work as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed social workers #SW-0654.

TPN.health is approved by the California Association of Marriage and Family Therapists (Provider #1000101) to sponsor continuing education for LCSWs. TPN.health maintains responsibility for this program/course and its content. Course meets the qualifications for 1 hours of continuing education credit for LCSWs as required by the California Board of Behavioral Sciences.

Substance Use Disorder Professionals

This course has been approved by TPN.health, as a NAADAC Approved Education Provider, for educational credits. NAADAC Provider #198061, TPN.health is responsible for all aspects of the programming.This course has been approved by TPN.health, as a NAADAC Approved Education Provider, for educational credits. NAADAC Provider #198061, TPN.health is responsible for all aspects of the programing. Counselor Skill Group: Counseling Services

CE Policy
This course is fiscally sponsored by Cumberland Heights Foundation. There may be potential biases or conflicts of interest inherent to this relationship, and it must be disclosed to participants. These conflicts of interest have no bearing on the course content and have been resolved.
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Rebecca A.C. Price, LPC-MHSP(temp), NCC

Rebecca A.C. Price, LPC-MHSP(temp), NCC received her Master’s degree in Clinical Mental Health Counseling from the University of Memphis. She has worked in various roles in the field of mental health since 2014, and has worked across multiple levels of care in both eating disorder and addiction treatment centers. Rebecca currently works in private practice at Protea Counseling and Consultation Group, PLLC and primarily focuses on eating disorders, trauma, and first responders.

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