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Transdiagnostic Approach of Eating Disorders

Course
2010-2011

Admission requirements

Master’s students in Psychology

Description

This course is about eating disorders (EDs) such as Anorexia Nervosa, Bulimia Nervosa and Binge Eating Disorders. In the course the following topics and questions are important: What are the main characteristics of EDs? Is a transdiagnostic approach of EDs useful? Is there any overlap between EDs, depression, anxiety disorders, or alexithimia? What are the consequences of ED? Why are eating disorder patients mostly women? What are the most important risk factors for eating disorders and is prevention possible? What are the main results of prevention activities? How can eating disorders be diagnosed and treated? Which treatments are the most successful? How many patients do recover and what are the main criteria for recovery of an eating disorder? What do we know about co-morbidity?

Course objectives

Students will become informed about the main characteristics, risk factors, explanations, treatments and prevention programs for eating disorders, such as Anorexia Nervosa, Bulimia Nervosa and Binge Eating Disorders. They will be able to use a transdiagnostic approach for the diagnosis and treatment of EDs.

Timetable

Transdiagnostic Approach of Eating Disorders (2010-2011):

Mode of instruction

Lectures, videos and discussion.

Assessment method

Making weekly assignments and writing a scientific paper based on recent research publications.

From January 1, 2006 the Faculty of Social Sciences has instituted the Ephorus system to be used by instructors for the systematic detection of plagiarism in students’ written work. Please see the information concerning fraud .

Blackboard

Course information will be made available on blackboard.leidenuniv.nl

Reading list

Keel, Pamela K.. Eating Disorders. Pearson, Prentice Hall, New Jersey.
ISBN 0-13-183919-5.

Registration

Introduction and enrolment for courses of the first semester will take place on 2 September 2010. Introduction and enrolment for courses of the second semester will take place on 27 January 2011. More information will be available at the website of the Institute of Psychology.

NB: Exam registration will take place via uSis, and will be open between a month and a week before the (re)exam. Students who haven’t registered, cannot participate in the exam.

Contact information

Dr. Greta Noordenbos
E-mail: noordenbos@fsw.leidenuniv.nl