#38 Dr. Walter Kaye Discusses the Latest in Eating Disorder Treatment

06/19/20 • 37 min

Dr. Walter Kaye is a Professor in the Department of Psychiatry and the Founder & Executive Director of the Eating Disorders Program at the Eating Disorders Center for Treatment and Research at UC San Diego. Dr Kay is a leading expert in Eating Disorders and is a co-editor in the Clinical Handbook of Complex and Atypical Eating Disorders and the Behavioral Neurobiology of Eating Disorders. Dr. Kaye’s current research is focused on exploring the relationship between brain and behavior using brain imaging and genetics and developing and applying new treatments for anorexia and bulimia nervosa.

Eating Disorders are severe disturbances in eating behaviors, thoughts and emotions. Many who suffer with eating disorders are preoccupied with both food and their weight. They can have severe body image dissatisfaction and a need for perfection. Even though eating disorders are grouped together in the DSM-5, they are distinct illnesses. Anorexia Nervosa symptoms include a distorted body image and a belief in being overweight despite being dangerously underweight. There are two types of anorexia nervosa, one restrictive and one binge-purge type. Bulimia Nervosa is characterized by eating excessive amounts of food in short period of time, and then purging the food using compensatory behaviors like vomiting and laxatives. Binge Eating Disorder is engaging in episodes of excessive eating, but unlike bulimia, there is not purging of the food or calories. Eating disorders affect people from all racial and ethnic backgrounds on many psychosocial levels. They can cause serious medical problems, and a multidisciplinary approach to care is needed.

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#37 Dr. John Oldham Explains Personality Styles vs Personality Disorders

Dr. John Oldham is the Distinguished Emeritus Professor of Psychiatry in the Menninger Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at Baylor College of Medicine. Dr. Oldham specializes in the field of personality disorders and is recognized internationally as a leader in psychiatric medicine receiving numerous awards and honors. Nationally, he has served psychiatric organizations in many capacities during his career, including as past president of the American Psychiatric Association and past president of the American College of Psychiatrists. A prolific writer and educator, Dr. Oldham is the author of The New Personality Self-Portrait: Why You Think, Work, Love and Act the Way You Do. He is also the Senior Editor of the second edition Textbook of Personality Disorders, the editor of the Journal of Personality Disorders and joint editor-in-chief of Borderline Personality Disorder and Emotion Dysregulation.

Your personality is the distinctive pattern of your psychological functioning–the way you think, feel, and behave–that makes you definitely you. Styles are your built-in roadmap for coping with life’s challenges. Personality styles are flexible; they can change, though usually not without effort and motivation. This adaptability makes a variety of life experiences and outcomes possible. People suffering from personality disorders, however, commonly find themselves locked into rigid and inflexible life trajectories. They may feel bored, empty, lonely, or angry, and they may be in disruptive relationships. These patterns may persist throughout their lives. Personality is dimensional: as with height or weight, people come in all shapes and sizes and personality variations. What’s the difference between self-confidence and self-aggrandizement? Between liking to do things well and demanding perfection? Somewhere along a continuum, personality traits range from adaptable to rigid and extreme (NPSP25 Personality Styles and Personality Disorders).

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#39 Dr Linda Carpenter on Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation 'TMS' a Noninvasive Brain Stimulation Treatment

Dr. Linda Carpenter is a Professor of Psychiatry in the Alpert Medical School of Brown University and Director of the Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (TMS) at Butler Hospital. Dr. Carpenter completed her undergraduate degree at the University of Michigan, her M.D. from the University of Pennsylvania, and internship in internal medicine, a residency program in psychiatry, and a clinical neuroscience research fellowship at Yale University. She joined the faculty at Brown in 1997 and has continued her path as a physician-scientist investigating the neurobiology of, and new treatments for, major depression and other mood and anxiety disorders. Dr. Carpenter has conducted a number of randomized clinical trials sponsored by industry and the National Institute of Health, including Deep Brain Stimulation (DBS), Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (TMS) and transcranial Direct Current Stimulation (tDCS). She is the founding Director of the Butler Hospital TMS Clinic and Neuromodulation Research Facility where she treats patients with pharmacoresistant depression and works with a variety of Brown-based research faculty who incorporate noninvasive brain stimulation techniques into their clinical research. Dr. Carpenter’s current research projects involve using imaging and EEG biomarkers to optimize and individually customize TMS therapy for depression.

Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (TMS) is a noninvasive procedure that uses magnetic fields to stimulate nerve cells in the brain in order to improve symptoms of neuropsychiatric disorders. It is currently FDA approved for Major Depressive Disorder and Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder. TMS is typically used when other treatments have been ineffective. TMS is a technique that applies magnetic pulses to the brain delivered by a coil which is placed on the patient’s head. The pulsed magnetic field induces an electrical current in the brain and causes activity in brain cells called neurons. Different coil types are used to induce different magnetic field patterns and how fast the pulses are delivered can determine how the brain changes in response. Stimulation pulses are typically applied at an intensity level that is customized for each individual patient.

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