Dr. Michelle Sader; ARFID and the Brain

Duration: 29 mins Publication Date: 24 Feb 2025 Next Review Date: 24 Feb 2028 DOI: 10.13056/acamh.13680

Description

What is ARFID? Are there structural differences in the brains of children with ARFID symptoms? Does autism and ARFID share neuroanatomical similarities? All this and more answered as Dr. Clara Faria interviews Dr. Michelle Sader about her research into brain differences in children who show symptoms of avoidant/restrictive food intake disorder (ARFID).

Learning Objectives

1. Insight into what avoidant/restrictive food intake disorder (ARFID) is.
2. Regions of the brain that may be implicated in the feeding and eating disorder.
3. Differences in the MRIs of young people with ARFID-like symptoms.
4. Are the neurobiological differences found in relation to ARFID present in other eating disorders?
5. Do autism and ARFID share neuroanatomical similarities?
6. Areas of future research on ARFID.

Paper Link

https://doi.org/10.1111/jcpp.14086

About this Lesson

Speakers

Dr. Michelle Sader

Dr. Michelle Sader

Neuroscientist and Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the University of Aberdeen

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