Treating Eating Disorders and Co-Occurring ADHD

Treating Eating Disorders and Co-Occurring ADHD

By iaedp Atlanta

Explore how ADHD and eating disorders intersect, impacting eating behaviors, diagnosis, and treatment—plus practical interventions.

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  • 1 hour
  • Online

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Refunds up to 7 days before event

About this event

Health • Medical

This presentation explores the complex, underrecognized intersection between

Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) and eating disorders (EDs),

highlighting how shared neurobiological, behavioral, and psychosocial mechanisms

influence disordered eating behaviors and treatment outcomes. Participants will

examine how factors such as dopamine dysregulation, emotional impulsivity, executive

dysfunction, cognitive rigidity, and disrupted interoception contribute to food-related

challenges across diagnoses. The session will outline the key barriers to adequate

nutrition in individuals with co-occurring ADHD and EDs—such as stimulant-induced

appetite suppression, time blindness, rigid food routines, binge-restrict cycles, and

sensory-based avoidance. Emphasis is placed on practical, compassionate interventions

that scaffold executive functioning, support food flexibility, and reduce shame around

eating. Psychoeducation, behavioral interventions, pharmacologic interventions and

considerations of environmental influences will also be discussed in order to support

addressing both conditions concurrently.


3 learning objectives:

• Define the shared characteristics and overlapping symptoms of ADHD and

eating disorders.

• Discuss the consequences on assessment and treatment when dealing with dual

diagnosis of ADHD and eating disorders.

• Describe comprehensive treatment approaches that simultaneously address

ADHD and eating disorders.

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iaedp Atlanta

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Nov 7 · 8:00 AM PST