Entry requirements
Only open for Master’s students 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
Upon completion of this course, students:
will have been 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; and
will be able to use a transdiagnostic approach for the diagnosis and treatment of EDs.
Timetable
For the timetables of your lectures, work groups and exams, please select your study programme in:
Psychology timetables
Semester 1:
Lectures
Semester 2:
Lectures
Registration
Course
Students need to enroll for lectures and work group sessions.
Master’s course registration
Mode of instruction
This course consists of 7 2-hour work group meetings with videos and discussion. Students have to make 7 weekly assgnments about 7 different topics.
Assessment method
Students have to make 7 weekly assignments concerning recent research publications.
The Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences has instituted that instructors use a software programme for the systematic detection of plagiarism in students’ written work. In case of fraud disciplinary actions will be taken. Please see the information concerning fraud.
Contact information
Dr. Alexandra Dingemans
a.e.dingemans@fsw.leidenuniv.nl