First Session Topic: Pediatric Eating Disorders:

• Session on refeeding – for anorexia and bulimia primarily
• High calorie vs low gradual increase
• Parents who want to negotiate because their child is upset by the refeeding program – how do we deal with them?
•  Percentage of patients who get refeeding syndrome – how to recognize and treat
• Why doesn’t behavioral therapy work at the low weights kids are getting admitted at?
• When discharge is hard –
• Any tips for when there aren’t a lot of resources available
• Should we have a separate session on OCD with Eating disorders – I have had a few of these patients and they are tough to treat.

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