Speaker: Helen Burton-Murray, Ph.D.

Title: When the Gut Talks: The Role of Gut-Brain Dysregulation in ARFID
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Introduction: 

Helen Burton-Murray, PhD is the Director of the Gastrointestinal Behavioral Health Program at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH). She is an Assistant Professor in Medicine and in Psychiatry (Psychology) at Harvard Medical School. Dr. Burton-Murray’s clinical research focuses on the intersection of neurogastroenterology and eating disorders, including development of behavioral health treatments. Currently, she is working on identifying bio-behavioral mechanisms of problematic food restriction in the context of functional dyspepsia, a chronic gastrointestinal disorder. Her work has been supported by the NIDDK, NINDS, and several foundations. She has published over 100 papers and chapters, as well as a book on a behavioral therapy approach for rumination syndrome.  

Learning Objectives
Upon completion of this activity, participants should be able to:

1. Define gut-brain dysregulation and its overlap with ARFID 

2. Summarize emerging bio-behavioral mechanisms of ARFID 

3. Integrate candidate gut-brain mechanisms into a treatment model for ARFID  

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