| Current Perspectives on the Etiology of Eating Disorders |
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At the completion of this session, the participant should be able to: |
1) | Be familiar with the major risk factors identified for AN and BN along a biopsychosocial continuum. |
2) | Understand the role of the "3 P's" (predisposing, precipitating, and perpetuating factors) in the etiology of the eating disorders. |
3) | Be familiar with how genetic/biological factors and psychosocial/environmental factors interact to produce eating disorders and other psychiatric disorders. |
| 4) | Be able to identify risk factors that first appear in childhood and adolescence, including childhood abuse, which have important relevance for prevention efforts. |
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