http://www.ce-credit.com/courses en-us Latest continuing education credit courses available from CE-credit.com Thu, 02 Sep 2010 12:43:06 -0700 15 http://www.ce-credit.com/courses/101727 http://www.ce-credit.com/courses/101727 A new course has been added to CE-credit.com. Here&#39;s the description:<p>Objective: Muscle dysmorphia is a relatively recently identified psychological condition that, since its inception, has been variously conceptualized as an eating disorder and subsequently as a type of body dysmorphic disorder within the somatoform disorders. The present review aims to inform and encourage ongoing debate surrounding the diagnostic placement of this disorder. Method: We present a review and synthesis of the extant literature with a view to informing future decisions regarding the conceptualization of muscle dysmorphia. Results: The validity of muscle dysmorphia as a clinical entity has been empirically demonstrated. While the condition bears little semblance to somatization as currently conceptualized, the research suggests a strong conceptual similarity with anorexia nervosa. However, future research needs to utilize more appropriate measures of male eating disorder pathology. Muscle dysmorphia is also inclusive of obsessive compulsive features which are typical to those seen in eating disorder presentations. Discussion: We suggest that muscle dysmorphia be re-analyzed through the lens of an eating disorder spectrum. Recognition of muscle dysmorphia as an eating disorder may offer more clinical utility in recognizing the male experience of eating disorder pathology and also help reduce the number of current male cases falling into the EDNOS category.<br />Credits: 1, Format: Online Article, Fee: 6.97</p> Wed, 25 Aug 2010 13:12:10 -0700 Clinical Topics & Methods http://www.ce-credit.com/courses/101726 http://www.ce-credit.com/courses/101726 A new course has been added to CE-credit.com. Here&#39;s the description:<p>You recognize when you know something for certain, right? You &quot;know&quot; the sky is blue, or that the traffic light had turned green, or where you were on the morning of September 11, 2001--you know these things, well, because you just do. In On Being Certain, neurologist Robert Burton shows that feeling certain--feeling that we know something--- is a mental sensation, rather than evidence of fact. An increasing body of evidence suggests that feelings such as certainty stem from primitive areas of the brain and are independent of active, conscious reflection and reasoning. In other words, the feeling of knowing happens to us; we cannot make it happen. Bringing together cutting-edge neuroscience, experimental data, and fascinating anecdotes, Robert Burton explores the inconsistent and sometimes paradoxical relationship between our thoughts and what we actually know. Provocative and groundbreaking, On Being Certain challenges what we know (or think we know) about the mind, knowledge, and reason.<br />Credits: 8, Format: Book, Fee: 87.00</p> Wed, 11 Aug 2010 07:26:53 -0700 Clinical Topics & Methods