PUBLIC LECTURE: Public Lecture on Eating Disorders

Professor Christopher G. Fairburn will present a two-day workshop “Transdiagnostic” Cognitive Behaviour Therapy for Eating Disorders”, organised by the Institute of Advanced Studies in conjunction with the Centre for Clinical Interventions (CCi).

Date and Time: Monday 9 and Tuesday 10 May, 2005, 9.00am - 5.00pm

Venue: Seminar room 1, University Club, UWA (adjacent to Old University House)

Workshop information is available from our website at www.ias.uwa.edu.au

About the presenter:

Professor Christopher Fairburn is an international authority on eating disorders and their treatment. He is especially well-known for his work developing and evaluating new treatments for eating disorders including cognitive behaviour therapy and interpersonal psychotherapy. He has published extensively in the area. Among his books for professionals are Binge Eating: Nature, Assessment and Treatment (with G.T. Wilson), Eating Disorders and Obesity: A Comprehensive Handbook (with K.D. Brownell), and Cognitive Behaviour Therapy for Obesity (with Z. Cooper and D. Hawker). He is also author of the well known book Overcoming Binge Eating.