UCSF Eating Disorders Program

The UCSF Department of Psychiatry is hiring two full-time faculty level positions for licensed clinical psychologists to join the Eating Disorders Program as Assistant Clinical Professors. The UCSF Eating Disorders Program is a comprehensive, evidence-based program that provides outstanding clinical care for individuals with eating disorders (up to age 25) and their families. Services offered within this program include comprehensive psychiatric and medical evaluations, evide...nce-based individual and family therapies, as well as ongoing medical and medication management. The incoming psychologists will join an evidence-based, highly collaborative multidisciplinary team to expand our capacity to provide primarily outpatient services to individuals and families. They would also have the opportunity to provide services in the five-day Intensive Family Treatment for Eating Disorders program and expand outpatient services in our satellite locations in the Bay Area. For additional information about these positions, please contact Daniel Le Grange, PhD, Director of the Eating Disorders Program ([email protected]),and to learn more about the UCSF Eating Disorders Program, please visit eatingdisorders.ucsf.edu.

It's been a productive year for publishing at the @UCSF_EDP!! See below for the list of our publications from January-June of this year.

Our program coordinator Sam Kushner presented about the development of our Intensive Family Treatment for Eating Disorders program last night at a @UCSF symposium. For any questions about the program, please call 415-514-1074.

UCSF and Stanford have teamed up in a new study, aiming to confirm the efficacy of adaptive family based treatment for adolescent anorexia! If you have, or know, an adolescent (12-18 years old) whose family may be interested in pursuing treatment with us, please direct them to our clinical research coordinator, Claire Trainor, at 415-476-0622. Please see the attached flyer for more details about the study, eligibility criteria, and contact information!

The University of Chicago is conducting a research study designed to examine the relationship between eating disorders and peer relationships in female adolesce...nts aged 12-19 years. Participants will be asked to complete questionnaires and interviews and undergo an MRI scan. Participants can receive up to $100 for participation. For more information please call The Eating Disorders Program at 773-834-0362. See more