"Neurobiology of the Persistence of Anorexia Nervosa: Why So Stuck?"
William K. Warren, Jr. Frontiers in Neuroscience Lecture
Laureate Psychiatric Clinic and Hospital Conference Center
11:00am - 11:45 am Registration and Lunch, lunch stops being served at 11:45 - no exceptions
12:00pm - 1:00pm Program
Dr. Joanna Steinglass is the Florence Irving Associate Professor in Clinical Psychiatry and the Director of Translational Research in Eating Disorders at the Center for Eating Disorders at Columbia University Medical Center and the New York State Psychiatric Institute. Dr. Steinglass graduated from Amherst College and received her medical degree from Harvard Medical School. She completed her psychiatry training and an NIMH-sponsored research fellowship in eating disorders at Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons and New York State Psychiatric Institute. Dr. Steinglass has had NIMH and private foundation support since 2006. The focus of her work is both the cognitive neuroscience of anorexia nervosa, and the development of mechanism-based treatments.
Three Learning Objectives:
- To understand the role of dietary restriction in anorexia nervosa
- To provide information about treatment outcomes
- To understand neural mechanisms of maladaptive behavior