Overcoming Disordered Eating

An eating disorder is a serious mental illness characterized by extreme concerns about weight, shape, eating and/or body image.

People with eating disorders usually experience considerable physical, emotional and personality changes, as well as changes to their work and social lives.

Program Sessions

Session 1: What is an eating disorder?

Session 2: How are eating disorders maintained?

Session 3: Self-monitoring

Session 4: Dealing with unhelpful thinking styles

Session 5: Dealing with eating disorder mindsets

Session 6: Binge eating, purging and driven exercise

Session 7: Dealing with mood intolerance

Session 8: Dietary rules

Session 9: Challenging dietary rules

Session 10: Body checking and avoidance

Session 11: Dealing with low self-esteem

Session 12: Dealing with barriers and maintaining change

References

• Eating disorders and disordered eating in Israel: An updated review — Yael Latzer, Eliezer Witztum, Daniel Stein.
• Longitudinal Bi-directional Effects of Disordered Eating, Depression and Anxiety — Francis Puccio, Matthew Fuller-Tyszkiewicz, George Youssef, Sarah Mitchell, Michelle Byrne, Nick Allen, Isabel Krug.
• Assessing eating disorder symptoms in adolescence: Is there a role for multiple informants? — Sonja A. Swanson ScM, Kate M. Aloisio BA, Nicholas J. Horton ScD, Kendrin R. Sonneville RD, ScD, Ross D. Crosby PhD, Kamryn T. Eddy PhD, Alison E. Field ScD, Nadia Micali MD, PhD.
• Prenatal and perinatal factors in eating disorders: A descriptive review — Anu Raevuori MD, PhD, Milla S. Linna MD, Anna Keski-Rahkonen MD, PhD, MPH.
• Refining the definition of binge eating disorder and nonpurging bulimia nervosa — Zafra Cooper, Christopher G. Fairburn.