Recognizing Eating Disorder Behaviors in the Substance Use Disorder Community

For some time, the substance use disorder community has seen a rise in the incidences of patients with co-occurring eating disorders or disconnected eating and exercise. Sometimes, the impact of eating disorders on SUD treatment can sabotage their sobriety intentions. Addressing the needs of those patients who have eating disorders or disconnected eating is important—and so is their sobriety. But how do we do that when we might not be familiar with the issues that surround eating disorders?

How do we know when a patient can be kept in their SUD treatment or referred out? And how do we reco...Read moregnize those behaviors that show up for these patients and why does it seem like a patient’s eating disorder “shows up” when they are in treatment. Many of these behaviors are not recognized or are muted due to the nature of their SUD work.

This presentation will help answer why eating disorders present during SUD treatment, how they can present, and how disconnected eating or exercising are contributing and part of their control shift. We will also discuss when it is acceptable to keep a patient in treatment, and when and why they may need a higher level of care. Understanding the unique needs of the patient with an ED and SUD diagnosis will help staff and professionals use an empathetic and compassionate care model to add to the structure of SUD treatment. Less...

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Learning Objectives

Discuss the relationship between eating disorder/disconnected eating/exercise and substance use disorder.
Recognize specific behaviors that present in a patient struggling with an eating disorder or disordered eating.
Identify criteria which can help support specific care needs (stay within treatment or refer out) and possible change of approach for these patients.

Friday, January 22, 2021

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10:00 AM PST - 11:30 AM PST

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EARN 1.5 CE Credit Hours

About the speaker

Ellyn C. Linnetz, RD, MPH, CEDRD-S, PA-C

Ellyn is a registered dietitian and certified eating disorder registered dietitian supervisor (CEDRD-S). Her expertise covers a wide area of practice, from integrating nutritional healing into addiction and recovery care to nutrition therapy in eating disorders. She practices an integrative approach to nutrition intervention which includes helping patients improve their relationship with food and find peace in their bodies so they can show up for what is most important in life. Ellyn considers herself to be a non-diet registered dietitian and is committed to supporting patients reach their goals through self-exploration and self-trust. She is an Intuitive Eating practitioner and comes from the philosophy of weight inclusive wellness. Ellyn has a Bachelor of Science in nutrition from Rutgers University and a master’s in public health from the University of South Carolina. She also completed a fellowship at USC in metabolic dysregulation, as well as her physician’s assistant degree. She is a member of IAEDP (International Association of Eating Disorder Professionals) and the International Federation of Eating Disorder Dietitians. She has authored many publications, written chapters on a variety of topics and is a national speaker on nutrition health. She currently lives in Long Beach, California, with her family which includes her husband Burt and her dogs Hailey and Charlie, and is the proud mom of two adult daughters and a wonderful grandson. She loves to paint and travel and is currently working on her first book on eating disorders and substance use disorder treatment.

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