Mission & Goals
We are very passionate about our work here at the eating disorders clinic. Eating disorders have the potential to significantly impact an individual’s quality of life and may cause severe and life-threatening medical complications. In fact, eating disorders have the highest mortality rate of all psychological disorders. Early detection followed by effective treatment is of utmost importance in preventing the debilitating and dangerous course of illness that eating disorders often follow.
Our commitment to understanding and evaluating treatments through state-of-the-art research is evidenced by a number of important goals. We work to evaluate both therapies and therapeutic outcomes as well as basic science at the level of brain functioning and imaging. As a result, we devote the majority of our energy and resources to the following areas:
- The development, evaluation and dissemination of evidence-based interventions
- Gaining an in depth understanding of what types of treatments work best for different types of patients and recognizing that there may not be a “one size fits all” approach
- Asking patients to share their experiences with treatment for eating disorders to understand what they have found most helpful, and areas that may need improvement
- Improving the cost-effectiveness of treatment for eating disorders
- Exploring an underlying neurocognitive basis for eating disorders through the use of neuropsychological testing and fMRI
- Sharing information with other treatment sites and mental health professionals to increase awareness and understanding of eating disorders and their effective treatments
- Providing in-depth training to professionals to ensure that individuals and families everywhere can benefit from our knowledge about successful treatment
For information about our training programs for professionals, please see:
http://train2treat4ed.com.
