NJCTS Wednesday Webinar series continues May 23 with presentation on understanding eating disorders

May 9, 2012 - PRLog -- Eating disorders are increasingly affecting women and men of all ages, socioeconomic status, race and background. The next New Jersey Center for Tourette Syndrome & Associated Disorders (NJCTS) Wednesday Webinar, titled “Understanding Eating Disorders and How to Intervene” and schedule to take place from 7:30 to 8:30 p.m. May 23, will help participants identify the symptoms of eating disorders, possible risk factors, treatment options and how to help someone who may have an eating disorder.

Presenting this webinar will be Dr. Hue-Sun Ahn, a licensed psychologist at the Counseling and Psychological Services of The College of New Jersey in Ewing. Ahn also has served on interdisciplinary eating disorders treatment teams of The College of New Jersey and Princeton University’s health and counseling centers.

She has discussed eating disorders at the annual conferences of the Renfrew Center, Asian American Psychological Association, Pennsylvania Psychological Association and the Asian American and Pacific Islander Health Summit. She also has a part-time private practice in Princeton, specializing in the treatment of eating disorders and multicultural counseling.

In 2008, NJCTS launched the Wednesday Webinar series, which currently draws an audience from 48 states and 11 countries, and presents online seminars for parents, educators and professionals on topics of interest to the TS community at no-cost to participants each month. Professional development credits will be offered upon verifying attendance of the webinar and completion of the exit survey. They will be distributed by mail the week after the webinar.

To register for this webinar, or to view and download past NJCTS webinars, please visit www.njcts.org/witsd-seminar-sign-up.php.