428- Mental Health Out Loud: Eating Disorders, Disordered Eating, and Body Image in Teens

ADHD Experts Podcast

ADDitude

Hallowell, Adhd, Mental Health, 504, Add, Iep, Deficit, Additude, Medication, Disorder, Attention, Health & Fitness

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🗓️ 31 October 2022

⏱️ 60 minutes

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Summary

Reports of eating disorders have risen alarmingly in the last three years. In this conversation and Q&A, Dena Cabrera, Psy.D., CEDS, discusses the link with ADHD, how to recognize eating disorders, how to talk about body image with teens, and more.

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0:00.0	Welcome to the Attention Deficit Disorder Expert Podcast series by Attitude Magazine.
0:14.1	Welcome to Mental Health Out Loud, a new type of conversation where the editors of attitude
0:20.4	talk with leading experts in the fields of ADHD and mental health about the topics of
0:26.7	greatest concern. Today, we're talking about eating disorders and we have an esteemed
0:32.6	expert to help us understand what defines an eating disorder. How can we know if our children
0:39.2	are secretly suffering with eating disorders? What are the underlying causes of eating disorders
0:45.8	and so much more? We are asking our expert, Dina Cabrera, the very questions that our readers
0:52.5	have asked to get help for families right now. Dina is a clinical psychologist and certified
0:59.6	eating disorder specialist with over 24 years of experience. She has a private practice in
1:06.4	Anthem, Arizona and she has previously served as president of the International Association
1:13.2	of Eating Disorders Professionals. Before we start our conversation, I have just a few housekeeping
1:20.0	items. Those of you tuned into this live event may submit questions for Dina at any time
1:27.0	by navigating to the text box under the video player. We will do our best to incorporate your
1:33.0	questions into today's conversation. And if you support the work we're doing here at Attitude,
1:39.3	we encourage you to visit attitudemag.com slash subscribe and sign up for Attitude Magazine.
1:46.3	Subscribe now and you will receive our just published winter issue featuring a holiday survival
1:52.6	guide, a survey that our readers answered on kids mental health, a feature on new digital therapies
2:00.1	aimed at curbing ADHD symptoms and more. So welcome Dina and thank you for joining Attitude
2:07.2	for this very important conversation on eating disorders. This might come as a surprise to
2:13.9	many of our listeners, but eating disorders are not a behavioral issue. They're considered a
2:19.7	mental illness and girls with ADHD are particularly vulnerable. One study found that girls with ADHD
2:27.9	were almost four times more likely to have an eating disorder than those without ADHD.
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