Information Regarding the Research and Study of Eating Disorders
Eating Disorder Psychotherapists Who Have a Personal History of an Eating Disorder: Exploring the Experience of Professional Ethics
There has been little literature published on the involvement of practitioners with a personal history of an eating disorder (ED) in EDs treatment.
Study’s Purpose: One way to further increase our understanding is to develop knowledge about what therapists/counsellors with a personal history of an ED experience in their day-to-day work with ED clients in terms of professional ethics (e.g., ethical issues encountered, use of self-disclosure, etc.). This study has been approved by the University of British Columbia’s Behavioural Research Ethics Board (study identification # H09-02828).
To participate in this study, you must:
1. Have provided counselling or therapy to ED clients for at least 2
years, and must be providing these services currently
2. Currently carry a proportion of at least 1/4 (approximately) ED
clients in your caseload
3. Possess at least a Master’s degree and be a member of a
professional organization with a code of ethics
4. Self-identify as having experienced an ED of diagnosable severity
(i.e., either Anorexia Nervosa, Bulimia Nervosa, or Eating Disorder Not Otherwise Specified)
5. Be 22 year of age or older
6. Speak English
Specifically, I am seeking practitioners who work in the states of Washington and Oregon.
For more information, please contact Meris Williams (doctoral candidate in Counselling Psychology at UBC) at 604-321-1904, meris.williams@gmail.com, or ed.therapist.study@gmail.com, or access the following website:
http://sites.google.com/site/edpsychotherapiststudy/
TOWSON UNIVERSITY & DUKE EATING DISORDER PROGRAM
Looking Beyond the Surface Acceptance-based separated family treatment for adolescents with anorexia nervosa
What is this study about? This is a collaborative study between Duke University Medical Center and Towson University. The aim of the study is to develop and test a family-based intervention that combines established eating disorder treatment components with Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT). ACT has been found to be useful for other problems, but has not yet been systematically applied to issues of eating and body image.
With this study, we are trying to learn the most effective way to treat an adolescent's eating disorder and how best to involve parents and caregivers in the process. Because parents and children have different concerns and are struggling with different aspects of the eating disorder, this treatment involves separated family treatment.
What does separated family treatment mean? This is a family treatment, but instead of the family meeting as a group, parents and teens see the same therapist -- but not at the same time. Adolescents receive ACT-based individual therapy and parents receive an ACT-modified version of Off the C.U.F.F. parent training curriculum.
What is ACT? ACT is a unique empirically-based psychological intervention that uses acceptance and mindfulness strategies to increase psychological flexibility. Psychological flexibility means being fully present in the moment, and choosing how to behave based on the current situation. Through metaphor, paradox, and experiential exercises clients learn how to make healthy contact with thoughts, feelings, memories, and physical sensations that have been feared and avoided. Clients gain the skills to recontextualize and accept these private events, develop greater clarity about personal values, and commit to needed behavior change.
What is Parent Skills Curriculum Off the C.U.F.F.? This is a unique skills-based program designed to teach parents skills to manage eating disorders in their children. The program teaches behavior management skills, emotion regulation skills, and anti-perfectionism skills so that parents can not only help their children manage their disorder but help them to learn strategies to help prevent a relapse of symptoms. Parents in the study receive this curriculum, which has been modified and enhanced with ACT principles and strategies
For whom is this study appropriate? 1) Adolescents between 12-18 2) who are medically stable for outpatient treatment 3) and who have symptoms of anorexia nervosa What can I expect? This study involves 20 sessions. In sessions 1-16 adolescents and parents are seen seperately; and in sessions 17-20 the family meets together. As this is a new treatment, participants will be asked to complete a number of questionnaires on the computer, provide feedback about the treatment, and participate in focus groups. I'm interested!
How do I get in touch with you? Please call Lisa K. Honeycutt at 919-684-0353 or email her at edresearch@duke.edu.
Klarman Family Foundation Grants Program in Eating Disorders Research
The Klarman Family Foundation is interested in providing strategic investment in translational research that will accelerate progress in developing effective treatments for anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa and binge eating disorder. The Program's short-term goal is to support the most outstanding science and expand the pool of scientists whose research explores the basic biology of eating disorders. The long-term goal is to improve the lives of patients suffering from these conditions.
Examples of funding areas include but are not limited to molecular genetic analysis of relevant neural circuit assembly and function; animal models created by genetically altering neural circuits; testing of new chemical entities that might be used in animal models as exploratory treatments; and brain imaging approaches that identify neurochemical pathways in patients with these disorders. Investigators conducting research in the neuro-circuitry of fear conditioning or reward behavior may also apply but must justify the relevance of their research projects to the basic biology of eating disorders. Clinical psychotherapeutic studies, medication trials and research in the medical complications of these disorders are outside the scope of this Program.
Two-year awards of $400,000 USD ($200,000 per year inclusive of 10% indirect costs) and one-year pilot studies of up to $150,000 USD (inclusive of 10% indirect costs) are made to investigators with a faculty appointment at a nonprofit academic, medical or research institution in the United States, Canada or Israel.
Learn more at: www.tmfgrants.org/klarman
Do you Binge Eat and Purge?
Females (ages 21-45) with this eating disorder needed for a research study testing the effects of common medications and alcohol on mood and performance. 7 sessions (8:30 am-3:30 pm).
FREE TREATMENT available after study. Cannot be on hormonal contraceptive. Call (212) 543-5125, -5707, -5126 -6623. Confidential.
Earn $800-1,100.
New York, NY Near Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center (168th & Broadway)
P.I. Suzette Evans, Ph.D. (P.I. IRB #6062R)
Participants Needed: Online Research Study on Women with a History of Anorexia Nervosa
I am a clinical psychology doctoral candidate at Fielding Graduate University in Santa Barbara, CA. My research study examines various aspects of internal and external control as they relate to eating attitudes and recovery. I am currently recruiting participants who have recovered from anorexia as well as those who remain symptomatic. If you are a woman between the ages of 18-45, who was initially diagnosed with anorexia nervosa between the ages of 13-25, I invite you to participate in my online study. The Institutional Review Board at Fielding Graduate University has approved my research; your participation is voluntary and anonymous. The study will take approximately 30 minutes to complete. You may click on the following link to participate: https://www.psychdata.com/s.asp?SID=131090.
For more information, please call Summer at 415-302-5486 or email her at anorexiarecovery@yahoo.com.
Eating Disorder Therapist Research Participants Needed
University of Nevada, Las Vegas is conducting a study examining burnout in therapists who work with patients with eating disorders. If you treat patients with eating disorders or have in the past, they respectfully request your assistance with this study.
The study will take 20-30 minutes of your time to complete. For your participation, you can also choose to be entered into a raffle to win one of four $25 Visa gift cards. If you are willing to participate, we request that you go to the following website:
http://www.surveymonkey.com.
There you will answer various questions related to therapist burnout and your experiences treating patients with eating disorders. Your data will be kept completely confidential and all data will be given ID codes-no connection between your data and your name will be recorded.
University of Nevada, Las Vegas thanks you in advance for your time and contribution to research in this area! Please feel free to forward this study to any colleagues who treat patients with eating disorders.
Contacts:
Kerri J. Schafer, M.S., Doctoral Student, Clinical Psychology University of Nevada, Las Vegas, schafe16@unlv.nevada.edu
Cortney S. Warren, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology University of Nevada, Las Vegas, 702-895-0109, cortney.warren@unlv.edu
Mary Ellen Crowley, Ph.D. Assistant Psychologist, McLean Hospital Instructor of Psychology, Harvard Medical School
Roberto Olivardia, Ph.D. Clinical Psychologist, McLean Hospital Clinical Instructor, Harvard Medical School.
Binge Eating Disorder Research Participants Needed
People with binge eating disorder (BED) are needed for a research study in the area of Boston, MA. In this study we are testing whether enhancing brain activity using noninvasive brain stimulation can improve core symptoms of BED and examine the mechanisms involved. We use repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS), a technique that allows modulation of brain activity of a targeted brain area in humans, in a safe and noninvasive way (an rTMS device was approved by the FDA for the treatment of depression last year). Further details on rTMS can be found at the website of our laboratory: http://tmslab.org/.
Over the study, participants receive 10 sessions of rTMS, buffet meal tests, cognitive tasks, and MRI. The study involves only outpatient visits. Compensation is up to $1,000 plus parking expenses. This study is fully approved by the IRB of our hospital and is funded by a generous grant from the Klarman Family Foundation.
Please contact us for further information: Miguel Alonso-Alonso, MD, Instructor in Neurology malonso@bidmc.harvard.edu Berenson-Allen Center for Noninvasive Brain Stimulation Department of Neurology, Division of Behavioral Neurology Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School 330 Brookline Ave. Ks-158. Boston, MA 02215 Tel. (617) 667-0240 / (617) 785-4517. Fax. (617) 975-5322
University of Chicago Studies regarding Adolescents with Bulimia, Women with Binge Eating Disorder, Adolescents who are Overweight and Anorexia
The University of Chicago is conducting a study to evaluate effective outpatient psychological treatments for adolescents with bulimia nervosa.
- You are needed if you are a family with an adolescent (12-18 years old) who has bulimia nervosa.
- The study requires that the adolescent and his/her parents be interviewed, fill out questionnaires, and then be assigned to one of three outpatient psychological treatments.
- 20 outpatient visits will be provided over a 6 month period.
If you are interested and would like more information, please call us at 773-834-5677 or email bulimia@yoda.bsd.uchicago.edu.
Treatment Study for women with Binge-Eating Disorder
The University of Chicago is conducting a National Institute of Health funded study to evaluate outpatient treatments for women with binge-eating disorder. This study is a good match for you if you are:
- 18 years to 60 years
- Female
- Meet criteria for binge eating disorder
- Are prepared to participate in assessments and up to 28 weeks of cost-free outpatient psychotherapy
Contact Tanja Gazibara for more information at: 773-834-9120
Treatment of Overweight Adolescents
The University of Chicago is conducting a research study designed to examine two treatments for adolescent obesity.
- You are eligible if you are a family with an adolescent (13-17 years old) who is overweight.
- The study requires that the adolescent and his/her parents be interviewed, fill out questionnaires, and then be assigned to one of two possible treatments.
- Both treatments consist of 16 sessions over a period of 24 weeks.
If you are interested and would like more information, please call us at 773-702-0789 or email kludwig@bsd.uchicago.edu.
Anorexia Nervosa PDA Study
The University of Chicago is conducting a three-year NIMH study to examine the relationship between various daily life experiences, personality, and eating disorder symptoms.
- You are needed if you are 18 years old or older and have anorexia nervosa.
- The study requires that you undergo a physical examination and blood draw, complete a clinical interview with research staff, fill out questionnaires, and then self-monitor interpersonal events, emotions, coping behaviors, and various other behaviors using a Personal Digital Assistant (PDA) hand-held computer.
If you are interested and would like more information, please call James Roehrig at
773-834-0963 or email pdastudy@yoda.bsd.uchicago.edu.
Research Aims to Find Most Effective Family-Based Treatment for Anorexia
Source: University of California, San Diego Health Sciences
Released: Wed 26-Mar-2008, 17:00 ET
Research Aims to Find Most Effective Family-Based Treatment for Anorexia
Libraries Medical News
Description: Experts no longer consider the family to be the cause of a young person's onset of anorexia; instead, the family is being looked to as a solution for this serious and potentially lethal disease.
Newswise - Experts no longer consider the family to be the cause of a young person's onset of anorexia; instead, the family is being looked to as a solution for this serious and potentially lethal disease.
As part of the largest study of its kind ever conducted, a team led by eating disorders expert Walter Kaye, M.D., professor of psychiatry and director of the UC San Diego Eating Disorders Program at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine, will begin enrolling families of adolescent anorexic patients in a trial to determine the type of family treatment plan most effective in fighting the disease. The trial will also look at the effectiveness of fluoxetine (Prozac) in combination with family therapy in a random sampling of the patients with anorexia. The study is likely to provide much-needed guidance to clinicians in the treatment of adolescent anorexia nervosa, a life-threatening disorder that affects 1 in 200 adolescents in this country.
"There have been few controlled comparisons of treatment options for this disorder, which often leaves family members and even health care providers baffled," said Kaye, who has published more than 300 articles on the neurobiology and treatment of eating disorders. Anorexia is characterized by the relentless pursuit of thinness, emaciation and the obsessive fear of gaining weight. Its symptoms commonly begin during adolescence, but strike throughout the lifespan, and the disease is nine times more common in females than in males.
"Anorexia has the highest death rate of any psychiatric disorder, which is why it is so critical to find the most powerful tools to work in supporting the anorexic patient and his or her family," said Kaye.
UC San Diego is one of seven international sites that will participate in the trial, which is being led by Stewart Agras, M.D., and James Lock, M.D., Ph.D., of the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at Stanford University School of Medicine. Over the next two years, the study will recruit 240 families across the United States and Canada. Other study sites include Sheppard Pratt Health System, Baltimore; Weill Medical College at Cornell University, New York; Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis; Toronto General Hospital; and Laureate Psychiatric Clinic and Hospital,Tulsa.
Patients and their families will be randomly assigned to one of two groups. One group will receive "systemic family therapy," an approach which more closely represents the type of family therapy typically practiced in the community. This therapeutic approach focuses on the dynamic of the family, rather than the individual, particularly in relation to the issues that bring them to therapy. This approach views eating difficulties as arising from the relationships and interactions that develop between individuals in the family.
The second, called "Maudsley" behavioral family therapy – first studied at London's Maudsley Hospital – empowers the parents to take control of the patient's eating and rejects the notion that a fundamental psychological problem exists within the family. Parents learn strategies to break the anorexic individual's cycle of refusing food.
"We may find that different approaches work better for patients with a particular profile," said Kaye. As part of the study, characteristics and core symptoms such as a drive for thinness or anxious, obsessional and perfectionist traits, will be examined. In addition, the researchers will look at the effects of the drug fluoxetine (commonly known as Prozac) as compared to a placebo as an aid to maintaining normal weight by reducing anxiety, obsessional behavior and other eating disorder-related symptoms.
For more information, interested families can visit the UC San Diego Eating Disorder Treatment and Research Program web site at http://eatingdisorders.ucsd.edu or the study web site at http://anorexiastudy.stanford.edu. Site contact information for those interested in participating is as follows:
San Diego, CA: UC San Diego Eating Disorder Treatment and Research Program (858) 366-2525 edresearch@ucsd.edu
Baltimore, MD: Center for Eating Disorders Sheppard Pratt Health System (410) 427-3854 CDiLallo@sheppardpratt.org
New York, NY: Eating Disorders Research Program Weill Medical College of Cornell University (914) 997-4395 sab2024@med.cornell.edu
Saint Louis, MO: Washington University School of Medicine (314) 286-0076 ceciln@psychiatry.wustl.edu
Toronto, ON, Canada: Toronto General Hospital (416) 340-4800 ext. 3894 revajs@mac.com
Tulsa, OK: Laureate Psychiatric Clinic and Hospital (918) 491-3722 nlmorales@saintfrancis.com.
Research Study using MRI to examine Bulimia Nervosa in adolescent girls
Would you like to participate in a research study?
WHO CAN PARTICIPATE?
- 12-21 yrs old
- Females
- All ethnic groups
WHERE?
- The study will take place at the New York State Psychiatric Institute, 1051 Riverside Drive in Manhattan.
WHAT WILL HAPPEN?
- Participation in our study will include a visit that will require 5-6 hours of your time and include interviews, games and puzzles, and an MRI.
- The total compensation will be $100 per person. For more information please call the Eating Disorders Clinic at (212) 543-5316 and mention the BN MRI study.
Contact: Rachel Marsh, Ph.D.
Telephone: (212) 543-5316
Email: marshr@childpsych.columbia.edu or lb2518@columbia.edu
Self-Care of Mental-Health Professionals Working in the Field of Eating Disorders
We are conducting a survey to explore the unique self-care considerations for those mental-health professionals working in the field of eating disorders. We hope the study will provide useful information that will assist us in determining helpful strategies to encourage the practice of self-care in this field. Participation is completely voluntary and all responses are confidential. This project has been approved by the Office of Human Research Protection at the University of California at Davis. More detailed information is included below and in the Informed Consent Document.
Study Information
Your participation is requested for a study that will be assessing eating disorder therapists need for self-care, the importance of self-care and your own specific strategies employed for self-care. Your responses to the web-based survey will provide useful information for us in our exploration of self-care among eating disorder mental-health professionals. Your participation in the survey is, of course, completely voluntary. You can choose to withdraw from participation at any point.
Your responses will remain confidential and results will be disseminated only in aggregate form. It takes most individuals approximately 15-20 minutes to complete the survey. To access the survey, you can click on the link below or cut and paste (or type) the link into your web browser. If you have any questions about this study, please contact the principal investigator, Dr. Katie Cougevan at 530-752-0871 x 26 from 8am to 5pm Monday through Friday, or by email: kpcougevan@ucdavis.edu. Please be sure to read the Participants Bill of Rights and Informed Consent Document in full before deciding whether you would like to participate.
Study of Women Who Restrict Food Intake
This IRB approved research study from Nova Southeastern University studies women who restrict food intake currently or in the past. The study is open to women not from the U.S who are living anywhere in the United States.
Participant criteria: You must:
- Be of adult age (18 years old or older)
- Be from another country now living in the U.S.
- Suffer from anorexia in the past or present
- Be willing to participate in audio recorded interviews in person or by telephone
*Compensation: Compensation will be provided for those who complete the interview
$25 Gift Certificate
*Time Commitment: 1-3 hour interview in person or by telephone.
*Contact: Principal Investigator, Lisa C. Palmer, M.S.@ LisaCPalmer@yahoo.com or 954-907-3446
*Address: Brief Therapy Institute, 3301 College Avenue, Fort Lauderdale, FL
Trial of Quetiapine (Seroquel) in Anorexia Nervosa
CURRENT RESEARCH STUDIES - USCD EATING DISORDERS PROGRAM:
Double-blind Placebo-controlled trial of Quetiapine (Seroquel) in Anorexia Nervosa: HRPP#051027
This research study is being held at UCSD to determine whether the medication Quetiapine helps people suffering from anorexia nervosa by reducing core eating disorders symptoms. This study will see if the medication Quetiapine helps symptoms of anxiety, depression, and obsessionality, in addition to increasing BMI. Men and women between the ages of 18-65 and are currently suffering from anorexia nervosa are needed. This study involves completion of: (a.) interviews, (b.) questionnaires, (c.) lab work, and (d.) medication management. The total time commitment for this study is approximately 18 hours, which will be spread out over the course of 8-10 weeks. The compensation for completion of this study and all related materials will be $360.
To see if you qualify for this study, please contact Eating Disorders Research at (858) 366-2525.
Family Therapy and Fluoxetine in the Treatment of Adolescent Anorexia Nervosa
This research study is a multi-site study done at UCSD to investigate interventions for anorexia nervosa. Adolescents between the ages of 12-18, currently suffering from anorexia nervosa, and their families are needed. The treatments for this study will be provided free of charge and will involve weekly family therapy sessions in one of tow therapeutic approaches. Medication will also be administered throughout treatment, with participants receiving either Fluoxetine or a placebo. HRPP #051141
For more information about this research study or to see if you and your family qualify, please contact EDresearch@ucsd.edu or (858) 366-2525
Neurotransmitters Contribute to Anorexia and Bulimia
This website describes studies that explore how neurotransmitters in the brain may contribute to symptoms in people with Anorexia and Bulimia Nervosa. It is our intent that this website will be an educational tool for those in academia as well as for those afflicted with eating disorders and their families.
This research is being done at the Anorexia and Bulimia Research Module, Department of Psychiatry, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center.
Contact Information
1-866-265-9289
EDResearch@upmc.edu
Links to the websites of our genetics collaborations:
www.anbn.org and www.angenetics.org
Anorexia
The National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) is conducting a new long-term study of anorexia nervosa in 240 teens, between the ages of 12 to 18 years. Recruiting of subjects begins on May 1 and the study will follow subjects for a four-year period. Six research facilities in the United States and Canada will work together with the NIMH on the new study, which will focus on early-intervention treatments. http://health.msn.com/centers/mentalhealth/
UCSD Researchers Seek Men and Women Suffering From Anorexia Nervosa: study conducted at UCSD, in California, to determine whether the medication Quetiapine helps people suffering from anorexia nervosa by reducing core eating disorder symptoms, as well as symptoms of anxiety, depression and obsessional thinking. Men and women between the ages of 18-65 and currently suffering from anorexia nervosa are needed. This study involves the completion of interviews, questionnaires, lab work and medication management. The total time commitment for this study is approximately 18 hours, which will be spread out over the course of 8-10 weeks. The compensation for completion of this study and all related materials will be $360. For more information, contact UCSD Eating Disorder Treatment and Research Program at 858-366-2525 or email edresearch@ucsd.edu.
Study of Therapy for Bone Loss in Anorexia Nervosa: The Neuroendocrine Unit of Massachusetts General Hospital is conducting research studies on anorexia-induced bone loss. Their screening study is for men and women age 12-50 with anorexia nervosa. They are investigating causes of osteopenia (or bone loss) in the spine, hip, wrist and total body. The study involves one visit of approximately 3 hours. Their treatment study is for women aged 18-45 with anorexia nervosa and absent or irregular menstrual periods. They are investigating the combined use of a natural hormone and a medication that is effective for bone loss in postmenopausal women as a novel treatment for the bone loss seen in women with anorexia nervosa. They hope that the combination of these two investigational medications will help rebuild depleted bone and prevent further bone breakdown in women with anorexia nervosa. The study consists of 6 visits over 12 months. A stipend of up to $675 is awarded throughout the course of the study. If interested, call Erinne Meenaghan, N.P. at 617-724-7393 or email nedresearchstudies@partners.org.
Bulimia
Bulimia Nervosa Study: Free confidential treatment is available to those who are eligible. Research conducted in Massachusetts. Do you or someone you know binge eat? Do you or someone you know compensate by vomiting or other extremes? Researchers are now enrolling participants (ages 18-65) in a free treatment study investigating two active treatments, including education and counseling, for bulimia nervosa. If interested call 617-353-9610 or visit www.bu.edu/anxiety.
NIMH-funded, IRB-Approved Study of Adolescents with Bulimia Nervosa (ages 12 - 21 years). This study takes place at NYSPI/Columbia University(New York, NY) and compensation is provided for participation ($100). For more information contact Rachel Marsh, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Clinical Psychology, Columbia University/NYSPI, at 212-543-5384 or email marshr@childpsych.columbia.edu.
Generalized Research of eating Disorders
Eating Disorders Specialist
Papers and Publications on eating disorders.
Doctor's Guide Channels
Abstracts in Eating Disorders Research
RESEARCH ARTICLES on Eating Disorders @ MedLine
CenterWatch Clinical Trials: Anorexia and Bulimia
NYSPI Eating Disorders Research Unit at Columbia University
research of the psychobiology and treatment of eating disorders.
UCSD Researchers Seek Women Recovered from Eating Disorders: Research conducted at UCSD, in California, to determine if the brain can tell the difference in caloric content of food even if subjects cannot consciously tell. The total time commitment for this study is approximately 6-8 hours, which will be spread out over the course of several weeks. The compensation for completion of this study and all related materials will be $150. For more information, contact UCSD Eating Disorder Treatment and Research Program at 858-366-2525 or email edresearch@ucsd.edu.