Eating Disorder Treatment: Communication Approaches for Physicians
28 MINS
Certain approaches can be useful when someone comes into your practice with signs and symptoms of disordered eating. Pediatrician Dr. April Elliott and Psychiatrist Dr. Monique Jericho go through common scenarios and describe communication techniques for engaging, diagnosing, understanding and planning steps forward.
Audience: Health Care Providers, Everyone
Dr. April Elliott
Pediatrician and Adolescent Medicine Specialist
April divides her time between the Alberta Children’s Hospital, where she’s a pediatrician and adolescent medicine specialist, and the University of Calgary, where she’s an associate professor in the Department of Pediatrics. Along with Dr. Monique Jericho, April has developed experiential leadership workshops that help medical professionals learn to use self-regulatory techniques like mindfulness to navigate emotionally challenging situations.
Dr. Monique Jericho
Psychiatrist
Monique is a physician working in the field of child and adolescent psychiatry. She focuses on helping clients with eating disorders and works with youth and families whose medical, psychological and social needs don’t easily fit into existing frameworks of care. As medical director of the Calgary Eating Disorder Program for more than 10 years, she has worked to deliver evidence-based care to patients and to promote research and community partnerships.
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Download checklist for people affected to take to their first medical appointment.
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