Posts by The REACH Institute
La Carla Holmes, NP
Emily Hall, DO
Emily Hall, DO, has long served pediatric patients on or near tribal lands in rural areas of Montana and elsewhere. She plans to use her REACH training not only to serve her own patients but also to be a resource for other pediatricians and to advocate for mental health training for providers statewide.
Read MoreBess Griffin, FNP-C
Courtney Campbell, MD
Courtney Campbell, MD, is an associate program director in a pediatric academic center in Baton Rouge, LA, where she cares for a diverse, largely low-income population of patients. She has detailed plans both for using her REACH knowledge and for passing it on to the students and residents in her practice.
Read MoreTraci Cameron, PNP
Daniela Borecky, MD
Ghizlane Benchekroune, MD
Marie Akers, APRN
Danielle Lewis Levy
Assessment & treatment of eating disorders in adolescents
Eating disorders are life-threatening mental health conditions—and they are not limited to affluent white girls! Eating disorders affect people of lower socioeconomic status, members of non-white ethnic groups, preteen children, and boys. LGBTQIA young people are at particular risk.
DSM-5 defines four main categories of eating disorders: anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa, binge eating disorder, and avoidant/restrictive food intake disorder, along with several atypical disorders.
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