Weight, body image and food preoccupation is very
common today; eating disorders are extreme expressions of this preoccupation.
These disorders, which can affect women and men
of all ages, include: anorexia, bulimia, and compulsive eating.
Eating disorders can have dangerous consequences and need to be
taken seriously.
Second Moncton Symposium
Clinical Treatment of Eating Disorders
April 29 & 30, 2010
Crowne Plaza Hotel, Moncton N.B.
Stemming The Tide
Training and Awareness in the Prevention, Diagnosis, Treatment
and Follow Up Care for Sufferers of Eating Disorders
For many women and an increasing number of men, disordered eating
is a painful and torturous way of life. Confined to a small group
of upper middleclass girls in the 1950’s and 1960’s,
these formerly rare disorders now affect the lives of millions.
They touch people of all ages and socioeconomic classes. Over
70% of women do not like their bodies. A significant proportion
will use starvation and purging to alter and mutilate their bodies
in the pursuit of “the body I can accept”.
The treatment of anorexia nervosa and bulimia nervosa has evolved
considerable in the last 30 years. Clinicians can offer increasingly
powerful behavioral and cognitive therapies, as well as improved
drug regimes. This is particularly true for sufferers of bulimia
nervosa. Hospital protocols have been effective in helping sufferers
through the more acute phases of the disorders and follow up care
strategies are increasingly effective. Clinicians active in the
treatment of these disorders are keenly aware that effective treatments
are not enough. It is necessary to affect the course of these
disorders at their onset, namely when body image values are being
formed and solidified.
Following the success of the first Atlantic Regional Eating Disorder
Symposium in 2008, the second biannual regional conference promises
to offer additional information on best practices in a number
of clinical areas from highly experienced clinicians. Our main
emphasis will be on the topics of prevention. Practitioners will
be challenged to not only understand and treat eating disorders
effectively, but to act as agents of social change.
Keynote and Main Speaker
Eric Stice Ph.D.
Dr. Stice completed a Ph.D. in clinical psychology at Arizona
State University, an internship at the University of California
San Diego, and a postdoctoral research fellowship at Stanford
University in behavioral medicine. He is a Senior Research Scientist
at the University of Texas at Austin and at Oregon Research Institute.
His research program focuses on elucidating factors that increase
risk for onset of eating disorders and obesity, as well as the
development of prevention programs for these conditions. He has
developed a highly efficacious eating disorder prevention program
that reduced risk for onset of future eating pathology by 60%
over a 3-year follow-up.
Charles Emmrys Ph.D.
Charles Emmrys Ph.D. is a clinical psychologist that has been
treating men and women who suffer from eating disorders for over
20 years. He has presented extensively on the topic throughout
the Maritimes and continues to be an advocate for better services
for this population. He currently works out of his private practice
in Moncton N.B.
Colleen Furlotte
For the past five years Colleen Furlotte has been working on projects
aimed at empowering women. She has written a book to help free
people form the struggle with weight (The Extraordinary Life),
recorded an album of music to inspire listeners to rediscover
the joy of moving their bodies (Moved), and is currently working
on a feature length documentary film that challenges beauty stereotypes
(A Question Of Beauty). Colleen combines her love of creative
expression with a sincere interest in helping others live lives
that are filled with happiness, peace and self-love.
Olga Heath Ph.D.
Dr. Olga Heath is a Registered Psychologist with 25 years of experience
working as a clinical psychologist and manager in the health care
system. She has been working clinically with people with eating
disorders for most of her professional career and over the last
ten years has led a review of services provided to people with
eating disorders and their families in Newfoundland and Labrador.
David J. Pilon Ph.D.
Dr. David Pilon has been affiliated with the Eating Disorder Clinic
of the Queen Elizabeth II Health Sciences Centre in Halifax since
1990 and is cross-appointed to the faculty of medicine in psychiatry
at Dalhousie University. He is the Founding Chair of the Nova
Scotia Eating Disorder Treatment Network as well as a founding
board member of the Eating Disorder Association of Canada.
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Tuition: $245.00 up to April 16, 2010 ($195.00 if registered
before February 19, 2010). Student rate $125.00 up to April 16,
2010 ($95.00 if registered before February 19, 2010). Receipts
will be available at the Registration Desk.
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St., Moncton New Brunswick, E1C 5N1. Or charge your registration
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to the community regarding eating disorders, healthy body image,
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