For the 2010 conference brochure please click here.

For the past 13 years, the Columbia River Eating Disorder Network (CREDN) has held a conference for health professionals interested in the prevention and treatment of disordered eating and eating disorders. This one-day conference traditionally takes place on a Friday in late February, in conjunction with Eating Disorder Awareness Week. As of 2006, our conference will move from our long-time home at Washington State University Vancouver to a new location in Portland, Oregon.

The CREDN conference is appropriate for all health professionals, including registered dietitians, therapists and counselors, psychologists, psychiatrists, physicians, nurses and nurse practitioners. Continuing education credits are provided by JournaLearning International.

February 26, 2010
"Mindful Eating" - Jan Chozen Bays, MD

"Prevention via Persuasion: Reducing the Risk of Eating Disorders"
- Dr. Eric Stice
- Oregon Research Institute


Recent speakers and topics at the CREDN conference:

March 20, 2009
“Transdiagnostic” Cognitive Behavior Therapy for Eating Disorders
Keynote Speaker: Christopher G. Fairburn, M.D., FRC Psych. University of Oxford

February 23, 2007
Mindfulness-Based Eating Awareness Training
Keynote Speaker: Jean L. Kristeller, Ph.D.

February 24, 2006
Eating Disorders: From Pregnancy to Parenting
Keynote speaker: Lucene Wisniewski, PhD, FAED

2005
A Decade of Awareness, Prevention and Treatment
Keynote presentation: Karin Kratina, PhD, MPE, RD
“Health at Every Size: A Compassionate Alternative to the War on Body Size”

2004
Eating Disorders Across the Life Cycle
Keynote presentation: Dr. Kathryn Zerbe, author of The Body Betrayed: Women, Treatment and Eating Disorders
“Eating Disorders in Mid-Life: It’s Not Just Your Daughter’s Problem Anymore”

Attending the CREDN conference:
CREDN members will automatically be mailed a conference brochure in January.

Not a member of CREDN?
Please consider joining as our members pay a substantially discounted conference registration fee. Click here to join CREDN now!

Otherwise, please contact us at healingeatingdisorders.com. In the subject line, write “request CREDN conference brochure” and within the email provide your complete mailing address and preferred email address.