2024-2025 Catalog

 

ADC-412 Addictions Seminar-Eating Disorders

This course will examined anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa, and compulsive eating by means of classic and contemporary readings in the area, case examples, and class discussions. Students will learn to appreciate the role of biology, learning (cognition), and interpersonal factors in the development and treatment of those with an eating disorder, encompassing cultural, developmental, familial, and spiritual considerations. The complexities of eating disorders, their psychological underpinnings and behavioral features, will be recognized and explored. Students will compare and contrast eating disorders to other addictions.

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