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 UPCOMING LUNCH AND LEARN

“LET’S STOP WHACK-A-MOLE: THE NEED FOR INTEGRATED TREATMENT FOR SUBSTANCE ABUSE & EATING DISORDERS”

WHEN AND WHERE:MAY 11TH- 11:30AM – 1:00PM
7351 EAST LOWRY BLVD
DENVER, CO 80230
MILE HIGH ROOM

 

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PARKING:
PLEASE PARK IN THE LOT ACROSS THE STREET OR FIND STREET PARKING.
11:30 AM – 12:00 PM: REGISTRATION & NETWORKING
12:00 PM – 1:00 PM: PRESENTATION BY TAMARA PRYOR, Ph.D., FAED

*LUNCH WILL BE PROVIDED  

Please join the Denver Metro iaedp Chapter for lunch and an engaging presentation and discussion by Tamara Pryor, Ph.D. on Let’s Stop Whack-a-Mole: The Need for Integrated Treatment for Substance Abuse and Eating Disorders.

There is a high prevalence of substance use disorder (SUD) in patients with eating disorders.  However, there is a paucity of integrated treatment models for this comorbid group.  As a result, patients receive fragmented care, and frequently relapse as they vacillate between these disorders.  This presentation will review the need for, and components of, an integrated treatment approach.  We will discuss the clinical characteristics of individuals with ED/SUD, and evidenced-based models for treatment.

It is an honor to have Dr. Pryor present on this topic.Dr. Tamara Pryor

Learning Objectives:
1. Participants will be able to describe the principle and guidelines for integrated treatment for patients with ED and SUD.
2. Participants will be able to describe several adaptive functions of substance use in eating disorder patients.
3. Participants will learn what we have discovered about the ED/SUD patient that impedes successful treatment from both disorders.
4. Participants will be able to identify barriers to providing fully integrated treatment for ED/SUD patients.

*1 CE available (To receive CE credit, please be prepared to provide your license number at sign-in on the day of the event.)

Tamara Pryor, Ph.D., FAED
Executive Clinical Director and Director of Clinical Research at EDCare (formerly Eating Disorder Center of Denver)

Dr. Tamara Pryor has been privileged to work in the field of eating disorders for the past 30 years. She spent 16 years as an Associate Professor and Director of the Eating Disorder Program at the University of Kansas – School of Medicine, four years as Co-director of the PATH Eating Disorders Clinic, and three years at Wichita Psychiatric Consultants as the Director of eating disorder services before coming to Eating Disorder Center of Denver (EDCare).  Dr. Pryor conducts research and has published articles examining personality disorders, substance abuse, multi-impulsive behavior, sexual functioning, and cognitive rigidity in the eating disordered individual. She has presented both nationally and internationally, and she co-authored a prevention curriculum and textbook as well as co-authored 3 chapters in a textbook on Eating Disorders and Substance Abuse. Dr. Pryor is a founding member of the Eating Disorder Research Society, a Fellow of the Academy of Eating Disorders and serves on the Board of Directors of the National Eating Disorders Association. She has an MSW from Wayne State University, an MA in Rehabilitation Counseling, as well as a Ph.D. in Psychology from Southern Illinois University. She completed a fellowship in child psychiatry and a fellowship in eating disorders at the University of Kansas – School of Medicine’s Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Medicine.

 

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