Living With Food: The Science Supporting Eating Disorder Treatment

CCED is very happy to report that Cleveland will be having its first annual National Eating Disorders Association (NEDA) walk on Saturday June 23 at 8:00 a.m. at the Cleveland Metroparks Zoo. This walk is organized by members of the eating disorder community along with NEDA. We are extremely pleased to be able to both sponsor and participate in the walk itself. We encourage everyone who is able to attend the walk, to donate to people who are walking, and to participate if they are able and medically cleared to do so. NEDA walks have become one of the primary ways of getting visibility for eating disorders nationwide. We congratulate those who have organized this walk and thank them for their efforts. We hope there will be a large and enthusiastic turnout for this very important event. To learn more about the walk and how you can participate please go to The National Eating Disorders webpage.

Should you have any questions or comments please email blog@eatingdisorderscleveland.org

A note from Dr. Mark Warren

As the end of the year approaches, the snow appears for the first time in 285 days (our record for Cleveland) we want to wish everyone a happy, safe, and good holiday season. We hope this season of renewal is a time for reflection, motivation, commitment, wellbeing, and peace for all. Our thoughts, hopes, and prayers are with every one of you.

 

October, 2012

CCED is pleased to announce that Dr. Laura Gillespie and Katie Spice, CPNP are opening a private practice specializing in the treatment of Eating Disorders that will be adjacent to CCED. They will now be working as a private practice as Eating Disorder Medical Specialists of Cleveland. This move will be a major step in providing patients and families struggling with Eating Disorders an ability to receive multi-disciplinary care in one location.  Of great importance, Dr Gillespie and Katie Spice will continue their collaborative relationship with Dr. Ellen Rome and the Cleveland Clinic Foundation in the care of patients with Eating Disorders. To facilitate and expand our ability to provide the best care, Dr. Gillespie will continue as contract staff at the Cleveland Clinic Foundation, working on both the inpatient and consultation services. Our goal is to provide superb medical care that is seamless between CCED, Dr. Gillespie and CCF and raise the bar a step further to provide the best care in our region.  

If your child has an appointment scheduled with Dr. Gillespie or Katie Spice please know that you will be able to continue to see them without interruption.  Our goal is to fully address your healthcare needs.

If we at CCED can be of assistance to you during this transition, please let us know.  Thank you for your understanding and for the privilege of caring for your child and your family.

Sincerely,

Mark Warren

Lucene Wisniewski

CCED

Join us on Monday as we promote hope and support for healthy living. CCED is sponsoring the Eating Disorder Network’s one-hour presentation, “Restoring our Bodies, Reclaiming our Lives,” this Monday, March 12, at John Carroll University’s Dolan Center. The event features renowned author Aimee Liu as she discusses her latest book, “Restoring our Bodies, Reclaiming our Lives: Guidance and Reflections on Recovery from Eating Disorders.”

In this book, Liu chronicles dozens of first-person accounts of recovery by including letters from men and women in various stages of healing. In addition, the book includes informative sidebars written by leading industry professionals to answer essential questions about the road to recovery.

The event is free and open to the public. It is designed to provide support and education for children and adults suffering from an eating disorder, as well as promote hope for healthy living.

We encourage you to join us and register for this important event.

• What: “Restoring our Bodies, Reclaiming our Lives”
• When: March 12 at 7:30 p.m., meet and greet begins at 7:00 p.m.
• Who: Eating Disorder Network, and supporting sponsors: Cleveland Center for Eating Disorders and John Carroll University
• Where: Dolan Center at John Carroll University
• Register: Call 216-765-0500 or sign up online. Walk-ins are welcome!

By Dr. Mark Warren and Sarah Emerman

We’ve had a very busy year in 2011 and want to thank all of our blog readers for your support and interest. As the year comes to a close we hope this post finds everyone in good health and moving to new places of healing.

At CCED we know that as new research emerges we must constantly change and evolve to provide the most up to date evidence based care. In the spirit of constant improvement we have made several additions to our programming in the last few months.

As readers of this blog are aware, we are strong advocates and providers of Family Based Therapy (FBT). The literature supports a recovery rate in the 60-80% range and we continue work towards moving those numbers closer to 100%. We’ve started a program targeting those with co-morbid eating disorders and other psychiatric conditions including depression, self harm, and suicidally by utilizing Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT) in conjunction with family involvement. We hope to have more outcome data and research findings for this program in the upcoming year.

Our adult DBT program continues to grow as we have added a day treatment program (DTP) in addition to the intensive outpatient program (IOP). The program compliments our existing DBT IOP and provides a second option for clients who may benefit from intensive DBT.

Our group options for adults have also expanded. In addition to our traditional skills group we now offer a skills group focused on building a Life Worth Living for patients who are in therapy elsewhere, or who do not have a DBT therapist.  

We are also starting a Body Image Group for clients aged 17 and older on Monday January 16th. The group will be a 10 session closed group focusing on decreasing body dissatisfaction.

For more information about any of the programs that we offer please contact (216) 765-0500 or Contact Us.

In addition to new programming, we have several new staff this year. New to CCED we have Dani Goldstein, PC, Sarah Altman, PhD Post-doctoral trainee, Jill Matusek, PhD Post-doctoral trainee and Jean Doak, PhD. CCED also wants to congratulate Dean Malec and Stephanie Kinch on graduating from their masters programs!

Finally, we’ve recently expanded our space by adding a third kitchen and dining room, along with a separate wing for adolescent treatment. With our new configuration each of our separate tracks have their own space in which to develop programming.  

As we enter 2012 we are excited about growth and the knowledge in the field of eating disorders, the health and well-being of patients and families, and with tremendous hope that all those affected by eating disorders will have a good and healthy new year.

Should you have any questions or comments regarding this post please email blog@eatingdisorderscleveland.org

Join The Eating Disorder Network this Monday, November 7th at 7 p.m. at the Bertram Woods Branch of the Shaker Library for "Nutrition: What every parents needs to know", presented by Dr. William Dietz.

William H. Dietz, MD, PhD, is the Director of the Division of Nutrition, Physical Activity, and
Obesity at the Center for Disease Control. Prior to his appointment to the CDC, he was a Professor of Pediatrics at the Tuft′s University School of Medicine, and Director of Clinical Nutrition at the Floating Hospital of New England Medical Center Hospitals.

Following the presentation, Dr. Dietz will be available to sign copies of "Nutrition - What Every Parent Needs to Know", co-edited by William H. Dietz, MD, PhD, and Loraine Stern, MD

Questions, concerns or interested in attending, please contact Sarah Dietrich, LISW, at sarah.dietrich7@gmail.

By Dr. Mark Warren

Next week F.E.A.S.T. will be having its 2011 conference in Arlington, VA. This important event will allow families and professionals to gather to discuss Family Based Treatment (FBT), current practice, clinical and biological research, and new directions for the field. The keynote speaker will be Thomas Insel, MD, the director of the National Institute of Health. His presence will not only be extraordinary opportunity to hear a true leader in the field but also represents the important shift towards treating eating disorders with evidence based therapy.

CCED is proud to be presenting two posters at the conference. The first involves working with multi-diagnostic clients using FBT combined with other therapies. The other poster presents the feasibility of utilizing FBT with children over age 18. We are proud to be represented by Dr. Jorey Beegun, our director of FBT, and Abby Scalise, a graduate student we have the pleasure of working with. If you’re going to be at the conference, please stop by and see our posters. If you’re not attending the conference, F.E.A.S.T. will be blogging the conference live on their website, please check it out and get involved.

Should you have any questions or comments regarding this post, please email blog@eatingdisorderscleveland.org.

Contributions by Sarah Emerman

The Eating Disorder Network is proud to host the first of a free speaker series at the Bertram Woods Library in Shaker Heights. Join us for "Nutrition: what every parent needs to know", presented by Dr. William Dietz, on November 7th at 7 p.m.

William H. Dietz, MD, PhD, is the Director of the Division of Nutrition, Physical Activity, and
Obesity at the Center for Disease Control. Prior to his appointment to the CDC, he was a Professor of Pediatrics at the Tuft′s University School of Medicine, and Director of Clinical Nutrition at the Floating Hospital of New England Medical Center Hospitals.

Following the presentation, Dr. Dietz will be available to sign copies of "Nutrition - What Every Parent Needs to Know", co-edited by William H. Dietz, MD, PhD, and Loraine Stern, MD

Questions, concerns or interested in attending, please contact Sarah Dietrich, LISW, at sarah.dietrich7@gmail.com

We are excited to tell you about a current publication by CCED’s Drs Anita Federici and Lucene Wisniewski in A Collaborative Approach to Eating Disorders edited by June Alexander and Janet Treasure. The article, titled "Integrating dialectical behavioral therapy and family-based treatment for multidiagnostic adolescent patients", gives a brief overview of Dialectical Behavioral Therapy and Family Based Therapy, along with a rational on why an integration of these two treatment modalities may be beneficial for multi-diagnostic adolescents. The article suggests that a collaboration between FBT and DBT therapies will help historically difficult to treat adolescents manage self-injurious behaviors (eating disorder and otherwise) by focusing largely on emotion regulation in the midst of participating in an FBT model. Furthermore, a focus on radical acceptance of the current treatment plan and a balance between change and validation serve to help the adolescent and their family decrease blame and increase a non-judgmental stance throughout the recovery process. Research is currently being conducted at CCED on the effectiveness of the integration of these two models.

For more information please read Federici, A. & Wisniewski, L. (2012). Integrating dialectical behavioral therapy and family-based treatment for multidiagnostic adolescent patients. In Alexander, J. & Treasure, J. (Eds.), A collaborative approach to eating disorders (177-188). New York: Routledge.

Should you have any questions or comments regarding this post please email blog@eatingdisoderscleveland.org.

Check out Julie Norman's recount of EDN's Yoga Under the Stars event at www.julienormanrealnutrition.com.

Thank you Julie for leading such a fantastic session!