Eating disorder ARFID: more than just ‘picky eating’
If you suffer from ARFID, you eat too little in quantity and/or avoid certain foods due to their texture, smell, taste, appearance or fear of aversive consequences like choking or vomiting. ARFID stands for ‘Avoidant/Restrictive Food Intake Disorder’ and is a relatively ‘new’ and unknown diagnosis among the feeding and eating disorders.
It can occur in both children and adults, and is more than just ‘picky eating’ – it is a serious and life threatening mental disease. Therefore, researchers and therapists are paying more and more attention to ARFID. In this lecture, you will learn about the state of the art regarding this disorder (lecture in Dutch).
Stadskasteel Oudaen
About the speaker
Since obtaining her PhD, Professor Sandra Mulkens has been an assistant professor at the Maastricht University Faculty of Psychology and Neuroscience, focusing on eating disorders and body dysmorphic disorder. In 2018, she was appointed endowed Professor of Feeding and Eating Disorders. This chair was established by SeysCentra, a treatment centre for children with ARFID, and is housed at the Faculty of Health, Medicine and Life Sciences. Professor Mulkens is also a clinical psychologist and psychotherapist. In addition to research, teaching and patient care, she sits on various committees and boards related to eating disorders and cognitive behavioural therapy.
This lecture is part of traditional series of lectures for alumni: the UM Star Lectures. The other 13 lectures are organized in 13 different cities and 5 countries on the same day, at the same time. This event is organised to reach out to and inspire alumni, share academic insights, experiences and memories, and to create an interconnected UM Alumni Community.
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