Avoidant Restrictive Food Intake Disorder (ARFID): Prevalence and Implications

Duration: 20 mins

Description

In this In Conversation podcast, we are joined by Dr. Emma Willmott and Dr. Tom Jewell, from the South London and Maudsley NHS Trust and King’s College London, to discuss Avoidant Restrictive Food Intake Disorder (ARFID). This is the first episode of a two-part series on ARFID with Dr. Emma Willmott and Dr. Tom Jewell. Episode Two explores ‘Avoidant Restrictive Food Intake Disorder (ARFID): Psychological Interventions and Outcomes’.

Learning Objectives

1. An overview of ARFID and what underlies the dietary restriction in ARFID.
2. Similarities and differences in how ARFID may present and people’s experiences of ARFID.
3. Prevalence of ARFID and how it differs from Anorexia Nervosa.
4. Difference between ARFID and picky or fussy eating.
5. The co-morbidity between Autism and ARFID.

About this Lesson

Speakers

Dr. Emma Willmott

Dr. Emma Willmott

Senior Clinical Psychologist, ARFID Service at Maudsley Centre for Child and Adolescent Eating Disorders (MCCAED) at SLAM

Dr. Tom Jewell

Dr. Tom Jewell

Lecturer in Mental Health Nursing, King's College London; Honorary Family Therapist, Great Ormond Street Hospital.