Binge eating disorder (BED): therapeutic updates, best practices, and barriers to care

Binge eating disorder (BED): therapeutic updates, best practices, and barriers to care is organized by ScientiaCME.

Release Date: September 04, 2018
Expiration Date: September 04, 2020

Accreditation:
Credit Designation: ScientiaCME designates this educational activity for a maximum of 1.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™ toward the AMA Physician's Recognition Award. Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

ABIM MOC Recognition Statement: Successful completion of this CME activity, which includes participation in the evaluation component, enables the participant to earn up to 1.0 MOC points in the American Board of Internal Medicine's (ABIM) Maintenance of Certification (MOC) program. Participants will earn MOC points equivalent to the amount of CME credits claimed for the activity. It is the CME activity provider's responsibility to submit participant completion information to ACCME for the purpose of granting ABIM MOC credit.

Pharmacists
ScientiaCME is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE) as a provider of continuing pharmaceutical education. This program is approved for 1.0 hours (0.1 CEUs) of continuing education. Proof of participation will be posted to your NABP CPE profile within 4 to 6 weeks to participants who have successfully completed the post-test. Participants must participate in the entire presentation and complete the course evaluation to receive continuing pharmacy education credit. ACPE # 0574-0000-18-027-H01-P. ACPE Accreditation effective 09/11/18 expires 09/11/2020.

Description:
In this online CME self-learning program:
Binge eating disorder is defined as eating significantly more food than most people would in a similar period of time at an average frequency of at least once a week for three months and without the compensatory mechanisms associated with other eating disorders (e.g., purging). This disorder was first described in obese individuals as early as 1959 but did not become a formal diagnosis until the 1990s and was not formally added to the DSM of Mental Disorders as a distinct classification until the 5th edition. Episodes of binge eating are associated with a lack of control and with distress over eating patterns. BED puts people at an increased risk of developing future chronic pain, diabetes mellitus, and hypertension; those with BED are also more likely to have a higher body mass index and be categorized as obese

Objectives:
By the end of the session the participant will be able to:
• Describe the importance of accurate diagnosis and treatment of BED.
• Determine likelihood of BED using established methods in a patient case.
• Describe available therapies used for treatment of BED and summarize* recent literature supporting use of those therapies
• Design a therapeutic regimen, including pharmacotherapy, for the treatment of BED
• Describe barriers preventing the optimal treatment of BED