Eating Disorders & Self-Harm, with Dr. Katie Gordon

<p>The term "self-harm" is an umbrella term, encompassing a broad range of behaviors, under which is included substance abuse and misuse, suicide, nonsuicidal self-injury (NSSI), and even eating disorders. In this episode, Dr. Katie Gordon, a Licensed Clinical Psychologist in Fargo, North Dakota, discusses the prevalence of self-injury among individuals with eating disorders and the prevalence of eating disorders among those who self-injure. She explains the relationship between the two behaviors, including common risk factors. </p><p>Learn more about Dr. Gordon and her work on her website at <a href="https://kathrynhgordon.com/" target="_blank">https://kathrynhgordon.com/</a>. You can purchase her book <i>The Suicidal Thoughts Workbook: CBT Skills to Reduce Emotional Pain, Increase Hope, and Prevent Suicide</i> on Amazon <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Suicidal-Thoughts-Workbook-Emotional-Increase/dp/1684037026" target="_blank">here</a>. </p><p>Below are links to some of Dr. Gordon's research as well as resources referenced in this episode:</p><ol><li>Kiekens, G., & Claes, L. (2020). <a href="https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11920-020-01191-y" target="_blank">Non-suicidal self-injury and eating disordered behaviors: An update on what we do and do not know</a>. <i>Current Psychiatry Reports, 22</i>(68).</li><li>Fox, K. R., Wang, S. B., Boccagno, C., Haynos, A. F., Kleiman, E., & Hooley, J. M. (2019). <a href="https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/eat.23041" target="_blank">Comparing self-harming intentions underlying eating disordered behaviors and NSSI: Evidence that distinctions are less clear than assumed</a>. <i>International Journal of Eating Disorders, 52</i>(5), 564-575.</li><li>Smith, A. R., et al. (2013). <a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5558595/" target="_blank">Exercise caution: Over-exercise is associated with suicidality among individuals with disordered eating</a>. <i>Psychiatry Research, 206</i>(2-3), 246-255.</li><li>Gordon, K. H., Perez, M., & Joiner, T. E. (2