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Overcoming Binge Eating NBCC Approved

Course Description

Target Audience: Social workers, counselor, and other mental health professionals.

Course Content Level: Advanced

Number of CE Hours: 8

Type of CE hours: Clinical

Delivery format: Reading based asynchronous distance learning.

Course completion requirements:
How to Obtain Continuing Education Credit
Please follow the steps below to obtain the necessary contact hours of home study continuing
education credit:

1. Read course objectives.
2. Study the course text:

3. The questions for the final examination are attached here. Answer these questions by marking
your Scantron card:
Write your name on every Scantron card in the space provided. Also write the exam title
in the space marked “Subject”.
True/false examination Mark the Scantron card as follows: Use A for true answers, B for
false answers. Disregard C, D and E.
Multiple-choice questions Choose the letter of the correct answer and mark the Scantron
card accordingly.
Marking the Scantron card Use No. 2 pencil only. Make dark marks. Erase completely to
change.
4. Complete the licensure information on the examination sheet.

5. Return the scantron card, examination sheet and student evaluation of the course.
You’ll need 70% correct score on the post-test for successful completion of the course.

6. Retain a copy of the answers for your record.
Homestead Schools, Inc. is solely responsible for the quality and content of this CE
program and for the selection of its instructor/author, and receives no outside financial
support in the preparation, presentation or implementation of its CE activities.
The sponsor has no affiliation with companies whose products or services are mentioned
in this course material; they are mentioned only for their educational and
informational value. The sponsor’s sole source of revenue is the tuition paid by
participants like you in its CE program.

Instructor Credentials: N/A

ACE Provider Approval Statement: Homestead Schools, Inc., 1070, is approved to offer social work continuing education by the Assoiciation of Social Work Boards (ASWB) Approved Continuing Education (ACE) program. Regulatory boards are the final authority on courses for continuing education credit.
ACE provider approval period: 4/2/2023-4/2/2026. Social workers completing this course receive 8 Clinical continuing education credits.

ADA Accomodations: Homestead Schools, Inc. ensures that its facilities accommodate and are accessible according to the standards of the Americans with Disabilities Act.

Cancellation/Refund Policy: Should you need to cancel your order or if you are not satisfied with the quality of our course material, you can return the course (before a certificate is issued) within 90 days and receive a prompt and full refund (less shipping and handling.)

Course last updated: December, 2024

Learning Objectives

After completing this course, you will be able to:

  1. Define binge eating and distinguish it from overeating.
  2. Identify 6 characteristics of a binge.
  3. Describe the frequency and duration of binges in patients with bulimia nervosa.
  4. List 12 triggers of binges.
  5. Provide classification and description of binge eating problems.
  6. Recount the epidemiology of binge eating and bulimia nervosa.
  7. Describe the psychological and social problems associated with binge eating.
  8. Describe the three types of dieting and their psychological effects.
  9. Describe the personality characteristics of people who binge.
  10. Describe the physical problems associated with binge eating.
  11. Discuss the complex relationship between obesity, dieting and binge eating.
  12. Describe the adverse physical effects of self-induced vomiting.
  13. Identify the psychological, social, and physical factors that might be causes of binge eating.
  14. List similarities and differences between binge eating and substance abuse.
  15. Describe the application of the addiction model, such as Alcoholics Anonymous, to the treatment of binge eating.
  16. Evaluate the use of antidepressant drugs in the treatment of binge eating.
  17. Describe the core elements of the cognitive-behavioral approach to the treatment of binge eating.
  18. Describe step-by-step the self-help program for those who binge eat.

Table of Contents

Chapter 1: What Is a Binge?

Chapter 2: Binge Eating, Eating Disorders, and Obesity

Chapter 3: Who Binges?

Chapter 4: Psychological and Social Problems Associated With Binge Eating

Chapter 5: Physical Problems Associated With Binge Eating

Chapter 6: Causes of Binge Eating Problems

Chapter 7: Binge Eating and Addiction

Chapter 8: Treatment of Binge Eating Problems

Part II: A Self-Help Program For Those Who Binge