Eating Anxiety Treatment (EAT) Laboratory
Welcome to the EAT Lab located at the University of Louisville, directed by Dr. Cheri A. Levinson, Ph.D.
Novel Treatment Development for the Eating DisordersExposure therapy is the treatment of choice for anxiety disorders. At the EAT Lab we are working on ways to adapt exposure therapy for the treatment of eating disorders. We are also interested in adapting other empirically-based treatments for the anxiety disorders and extending them to the eating disorders.
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Personalizing Eating Disorder TreatmentTreatments for eating disorders only work for about 50% of individuals. Part of the reason that treatments fail is because of the high heterogeneity among eating disorders. Our work, using network analysis, is focused on identifying how symptoms of eating disorders differ within individuals and using this to inform personalized treatment.
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Eating Disorder & Anxiety Disorder ComorbidityMore than 70% of individuals with eating disorders also meet criteria for an anxiety disorder. Our lab studies why these two types of disorders co-occur so frequently. Our ultimate goal is to develop treatments and preventative interventions that address both disorders concurrently.
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University of Louisville awarded $11.5 million for research to prevent and treat eating disorders |
Dr. Levinson and the Kentucky Eating Disorder Council call for changes to insurance to improve eating disorder treatment accessibility |
Kentucky lacks access to eating disorder treatment, but this professor is changing that. |