Understanding ARFID with Dr. Jennifer Thomas

In this episode, MEEDA volunteer and RD Carina Khoury Ghossoub interviews Dr Jennifer Thomas (Co-Director, Eating Disorders Clinical and Research Program, Massachusetts General Hospital, and Associate Professor of Psychology, Department of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School) about Avoidant Restrictive Food Intake Disorder. Together they discuss: - what is ARFID? How common is it?- how is it diagnosed?- how impairing is it? What are the consequences on a patient’s health, mentally, socially, physically?- what are the treatments available?- how to recognize it in family members or loved ones? How to approach them or help them?- the neural / biological side of ARFID - how most patients tend to have specific appetite, sensitivity and satiety cues- how to differentiate ARFID from Anorexia when patients show signs of malnutritionFind Dr Jennifer Thomas on Twitter @drjennythomasHer books are  "The Picky Eater's Recovery Book" and "Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy for Avoidant/Restrictive Food Intake Disorder (Children, Adolescents, and Adults)"Please reach out with your questions, suggestions and feedback via [email protected] your free 15 mins assessment, please visit www.meeda.me/contactswww.meeda.me