AP/SOWK 2025 3.0 Introduction to Eating Disorders Spring 2021 (S2) 

Instructor: Time: 

Office Hours: Phone: 

E-mail: 

Brenton Diaz 

Online 

By Appointment 

905-853-3040 (ext. 314) bdiaz@yorku.ca 

Course Description: 

Eating disorders continue to plague large numbers of adolescent and adult women,  transpeople, and to a lesser extent, men, compromising their health and ability to  function in their daily lives. This course will introduce students to the political, social  and psychological factors contributing to eating disorders, identify models of  treatment and conclude with special topics such as athletes, sexual abuse and  substance abuse. 

Course Objectives: 

To introduce students to the basic understanding of the eating disorders anorexia  nervosa, bulimia nervosa and binge eating disorder. 
To familiarize students with a variety of forms of treatments. 
To explore the socio-cultural-political context of eating disorders. 4. To provide the students with an opportunity to explore an area of eating disorders  that they are particularly interested in by writing a final paper on a topic of their  choice. 

Format: 

Students will weekly access online Modules that consist of audio lectures,  powerpoints, and readings. Students will access the Modules when it suits their  schedules. 

Required Readings: 

See weekly topics and readings. Readings will be provided on the course website. 

Course Evaluation: 

Media Analysis: 30%

Test: 30% 

Paper: 40% 

Assignments: 

Note: ALL Assignments should be written in 12 point size with margins of 1  inch and double-spaced, using APA.  

Assignment One: Media Analysis: Socio-cultural Issues and Eating Disorders. 

You are to find one advertisement image and one music video and critique each,  with each critique being 1-1.5 pages each. You will be commenting on what  messages the advertisement and video convey in terms of body image and eating.  Following these, you will write a 4 page reflection about the relationship between  eating disorders and western culture at large. Since this is a reflection, you will be  sharing your own ideas (feel free to back up your opinions with references, but these  are not needed). You will be marked on your ability to logically and clearly describe  your opinion.  

Grading: 30% 

Due Date: July 9, 2021 

Assignment Two: Test 

Students will complete a 4 page test in paragraph form. The test will be made  available July 21, and must be completed by July 23. It will be based on the content  up to that point in the course (Modules 1-6). 

Grading: 30% 

Due Date: July 23, 2021 

Assignment Three: Research Paper 

This paper is 10 pages in length excluding the bibliography. Students can choose  any topic they would like related to Eating Disorders except for topics that are  specifically focused on medical issues.  

Suggestions for topics include: 

Eating disorders and diversity.  
Eating disorders and families.  
Eating disorders and sexual abuse. 
Eating disorders and athletes. 
Describe a treatment model (e.g. cognitive behavioural treatment of bulimia,  family therapy, intensive programs, etc.) 
How do eating disorders affect a woman’s ability to parent? 7. The ethical issues associated with compulsory treatment. 
Prevention of eating disorders or weight related issues.  

  

Grading: 40%

Due Date: August 6, 2021 

Writing Guidelines: Your paper should be written in 12 point size with margins of 1  inch and double-spaced. Use a minimum of 8 references, using APA referencing. You may use course articles, as well as other academic materials, as your  references. 

Weekly Topics and Readings: 

Module One: Diagnosis and Epidemiology. Week of June 28, 2021 

Eating Disorders Explained (2019). Eating Disorders Victoria, Australia.  https://www.eatingdisorders.org.au/eating-disorders-a-z/what-is-an-eating-disorder/ (Also click the pages for Anorexia, Bulimia, Binge Eating and Other Eating  Disorders) 

Klump, K; Bulik, C.; Kaye, W; Treasure, J; Tyson, E. (2009). Academy for  Eating Disorders Position Paper: Eating Disorders Are Serious Mental Illnesses.  International Journal of Eating Disorders. 42, 97 – 103. 

Module Two: The Multidetermined Model of Eating Disorders. Week of June 28 2021 

Garneri, David M. & Garfinkel, Paul E. (1980). Socio-cultural factors in the  development of anorexia nervosa. Psychological Medicine. 10: 647-656. 

Stein, Karen Farchaus. (1996). The Self-Schema Model: A Theoretical  Approach to the Self-Concept in Eating Disorders. Psychiatric Nursing, 10:2: 96-109. 

Tozzi et al. (2003). Causes and Recovery in Anorexia Nervosa: The Patient’s  Perspective. International Journal of Eating Disorders. 33: 143–154. 

Module Three: Set Point Theory. Week of July 5, 2021 

Polivy, J., Herman, P. (1985). Dieting and binging: A causal analysis.  American Psychologist. 40, 193 – 201. 

Module Four: Medical and Psychological Complications. Week of July 5, 2021 

Mehler, P., Birmingham, L., Crow, S., Hagraus, J. (2010) Medical  Complications of Eating Disorders. In The Treatment of Eating Disorders. C. Grilo  and J. Mitchell (Eds.) New York: The Guilford Press.  

Module Five: Normal Eating. Week of July 12, 2021

Her Majesty the Queen in Right of Canada, represented by the Minister of  Health Canada. (2007). Eating Well with Canada’s Food Guide: A Resource for  Educators and Communcators. 

Reiter, C., S., Graves, L. (2010). Nutrition therapy for Eating Disorders.  Nutrition in Clinical Practice. 25, 122-136.  

Module Six: Treatment – Stages of Change and Approach to Practice. Week of  July 12, 2021 

Vitousek, K. Watson, S. (1998). Enhancing motivation for change in  treatment-resistant eating disorders. Clinical Psychology Review. 18, 391 – 420. 

Lock, J., le Grange, D. (2007). Family treatment of eating disorders. In  Clinical Manual of Eating Disorders. J. Yager. P. Powers (Eds.) American  Psychiatric Publishing Inc. 149-170. 

Fairburn, C., Cooper, Z., Shafran, R. (2003). Cognitive behaviour treatment  for eating disorders: A “transdiagnostic” theory and treatment. Behaviour Research  and Therapy. 41, 509-528. 

Module Seven: Sequenced Care, Body Image. Week of July 19, 2021 

Paxton, S., McLean, Sian. (2010). Treatment for body-image disturbances. In  The Treatment of Eating Disorders. C. Grilo and J. Mitchell (Eds.). New York: The  Guilford Press. 471-486. ISBN 978-1-60623-4464 

Module Eight: Compulsory Treatment. Week of July 19, 2021 

Silber, T. (2011). Treatment of anorexia nervosa against the patient’s will:  Ethical considerations. Adolescent Medicine. 22, 283-288. 

Douzenis, Athanasios & Michopoulos, Ioannis. (2015). Involuntary admission:  The case of anorexia nervosa. International Journal of Law and Psychiatry. 39: 31– 35. 

Module Nine: Special Topics: Cultural Diversity, Men. Week of July 26, 2021 

Lee, S. (2004). Engaging culture: An overdue task for eating disorder  research. Culture and Medicine. 28, 617-621. 

Gordon, R. (2001). Eating disorders East and West: A culture-bound  syndrome unbound. In Eating Disorders and Cultures in Transition. M. Nasser, M. 

Katzman, R. Gordon, (Eds.). New York: Brunner-Routledge. 1 –16. ISBN 0-415- 22859-x 

Haworth-Hoeppner, Susan. (2000). The Critical Shapes of Body Image: The  Role of Culture and Family in the Production of Eating Disorders. Journal of  Marriage and Family. 62:1: 212-227. 

Pike, Kathleen M. & Borovoy, Amy. (2004). The rise of eating disorders in  Japan: issues of culture and limitations of the model of “Westernizarion”. Culture,  Medicine and Psychiatry. 28: 493–531. 

Strother, E., Lemberg, R., Stanford, S., Turberville, D. (2012) Eating disorders  in men: Underdiagnosed, undertreated, and misunderstood. Eating Disorders. 20,  346-355. 

Weltzin, T., Cornlla-Carlson, T., Fitzpatrick, M., Kennington, P., Jefferies, C.  (2012) Treatment issues and outcomes for males with eating disorders. Eating  Disorders. 20, 444-459. 

Module Ten: Special Topics: Substance Use. Week of July 26, 2021 

Nokleby, Heid. (2012). Comorbid drug use disorders and eating disorders – a  review of prevalence studies. Nordic Studies on Alcohol and Drugs. Vol . 29. 3: 303- 314. 

Wolfe, W., Maisto, S. (2002). The relationship between eating disorders and  substance use: Moving beyond co-prevalence research. Clinical Psychology  Review. 20, 617-631. 

Module Eleven: Special Topics: Sexual Abuse. Week of August 2, 2021 

Connors, Mary E. & Morse, Wayne. (1993). Sexual Abuse and Eating  Disorders: A Review. International Journal of Eating Disorders, 13: 1: 1-11. 

Wonderlich, Stephen et al. (1997). Relationship of Childhood Sexual Abuse  and Eating Disorders. Journal of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry. 36:8. 

E.E. Burns et al. (2012). Deficits in emotion regulation mediate the  relationship between childhood abuse and later eating disorder symptoms. Child  Abuse & Neglect. 36: 32-39 

Module Twelve: Special Topics. Athletes. Week of August 2, 2021 

Powers, P., Thompson, R. (2007). Athletes and Eating Disorders. In Clinical  Manual of Eating Disorders. J. Yager and P. Powers (Eds.). New York: American  Psychiatric Publishing Inc. 357-385. ISBN978-1-58562-270-2

Late Penalty 

Assignments are due on the dates specified in this outline. Extensions may be  granted but must first be negotiated with the Course Director. Assignments handed  in late will be subject to a grade penalty of 1.5 marks per day (i.e. after being late  one day for an assignment that is worth 30% of your final grade, you can only  achieve a maximum of 28.5 out of 30% for that assignment). 

Plagiarism and Academic Integrity  

Plagiarism is the representation of another person’s ideas or writing as one’s own.  The most obvious form of this kind of dishonesty is the presentation of all or part of  another person’s published work as something one has written. This includes both  

direct appropriation (i.e. word for word) and the paraphrasing another’s writing  without proper acknowledgement, and applies to a wide range of materials found in  printed (journals, newspapers, books, magazines, course kits, etc.) and electronic  texts (i.e. web sites, e-mails, e-zines and newsletters, etc.). This is not to say that  students should not use the work of others, but that there must be proper  acknowledgement when doing so. Please note that students are responsible for  understanding and abiding by the University’s Academic Integrity policies. To  learn more, you are strongly encouraged to visit the University’s on-line tutorial:  

http://www.yorku.ca/academicintegrity/ 

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Please be aware that the University takes plagiarism very seriously, and that, as the  Faculty policy notes, faculty members “are encouraged to pursue suspected cases  of academic honesty with formal charges.”  

Also, if you wish to write on the same topic for two different courses, you must first  get permission from both instructors. 

Learning Disabilities and Health Problems 

Students who have an identified learning disability are entitled to accommodations.  If you have a learning disability that may impact upon your ability to participate in  and complete the work for this class, please speak to me at the start of the course.  In addition, should you have a health problem that may impact upon your attendance  or performance in the course, you are strongly encouraged to speak with me before 

it becomes an issue.