ADHD & Eating Disorders Workshop Programme

13:30 – 13:40

Welcome

The Beat Team

13:40 – 13:45

Introduction

Dr John Roche

13:45 – 14:30

This session will cover the following:

• What is ADHD? How common is it, and how frequently does it occur in eating disorders?
• How may ADHD be involved in the development of eating disorders?

14:30 – 14:45

Break

14:45 – 15:30

Clinical Presentations

This session will cover the following:

• When is it ADHD and when is it an eating disorder?
• Case examples
• ADHD and eating disorder behaviours: restriction, bingeing, purging, exercise
• Nutrition and ADHD

15:30 – 15:45

Break

15:45 – 16:30

Management 

This session will cover the following:

• How can ADHD affect engagement and progress with eating disorder treatment?
• Treatment of ADHD in someone with an eating disorder
• Treatment of an eating disorder in someone with ADHD
• Tips and strategies

Final reflections

This session will be a brief theme extraction, summary, and explore what topics may be of interest in the future. There will also be the opportunity for questions and answers.