Dr. Brewerton is an Affiliate Professor of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences at the Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC) in Charleston, where he has a private practice and conducts research. He has achieved board certifications in general, child/adolescent & forensic psychiatry, & addiction medicine.
He is a Distinguished Life Fellow of the American Psychiatric Association; Distinguished Fellow of the American Academy of Child Adolescent Psychiatry; Founding Fellow of the Academy of Eating Disorders; and Founding member/former president of the Eating Disorders Research Society.
Dr. Brewerton has authored more than 170 articles/book chapters on many topics in psychiatry, including eating and related disorders, psychopharmacology, neurobiology, posttraumatic stress, dissociation & the effects of childhood sexual/physical abuse; is Editor of the Clinical Handbook of Eating Disorders: An Integrated Approach (2004), and Co-editor of Eating Disorders, Addictions, and Substance Use Disorders: Research, Clinical & Treatment Perspectives (2014).
He has reviewed for more than 50 scientific journals; served on Editorial Boards of: the International Journal of Eating Disorders, Eating Disorders: The Journal of Treatment & Prevention, and Eating & Weight Disorders; and has received numerous awards (e.g., 2013 Craig Johnson Award for Clinical Practice & Training by the National Eating Disorders Association, Honorary Certified Eating Disorder Specialist award by the International Association for Eating Disorders Professionals; Best Doctors in America).
In today’s episode with Michele:
- His professional path
- Where does Food Addiction fit in with eating disorders
- Neuroimaging and differences in the brain
- Differences in eating disorders and Food Addiction
- How to move forward with the Food Addiction diagnosis proposal
- Volume Addiction
- How his textbook: Eating Disorders, Addictions, & Substance Use Disorders has been received
- Treating co-morbid conditions and the roadblocks to helping our clients
- Our signature question with a twist!
