Briefing speakers (l.to r.) Ovidio Bermudez, MD, Congressman Patrick Kennedy, Terry Rustemeyer, RN, Scott Crow, MD, and Jeanine Cogan, PhD. 

EDC Congressional Briefing

Researchers Respond!
Effective Treatment
for Eating Disorders

April 26, 2006 - The EDC hosted a Congressional Briefing at the U.S. Capitol, focusing attention on a new report on eating disorders by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. The report addresses evidence-based research on the efficacy of various types of eating disorder treatment.

The EDC hosted this Congressional Briefing in cooperation with Senator Pete
Domenici (above) and Representative Patrick Kennedy.

Featured Speakers

Terry Rustemeyer, R.N.
Mother of Melissa Rustemeyer
Albuquerque, New Mexico

Scott Crow, M.D.
President, Academy for Eating Disorders
Professor, Dept of Psychiatry, University of Minnesota

Ovidio Bermudez, M.D.
President-Elect, National Eating Disorders Association
Tulsa, Oklahoma

Jeanine Cogan, Ph.D.
Policy Director, Eating Disorders Coalition
Washington, D.C.

The report commissioned by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality is available online now at http://www.ahrq.gov/clinic/tp/eatdistp.htm.

The information in this report is intended to help clinicians, employers, policymakers, and others make informed decisions about the provision of health care services. This report is intended as a reference and not as a substitute for clinical judgment.

This report may be used, in whole or in part, as the basis for the development of clinical practice guidelines and other quality enhancement tools, or as a basis for reimbursement and coverage policies. AHRQ or U.S. Department of Health and Human Services endorsement of such derivative products may not be stated or implied.

AHRQ is the lead federal agency charged with improving the quality, safety, efficiency, and effectiveness of health care for all Americans. As one of 12 agencies within the Department of Health and Human Services, AHRQ supports health services research that will improve the quality of health care and promote evidence-based decisionmaking.

This report is based on research conducted by the RTI International - University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, North Carolina Evidence-based Practice Center (EPC) under contract to the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), Rockville, MD (Contract No. 290-02-0016). The findings and conclusions in this document are those of the author(s), who are responsible for its content, and do not necessarily represent the views of AHRQ. No statement in this report should be construed as an official position of AHRQ or of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.

This Congressional Briefing is an educational program of the Eating Disorders Coalition for Research, Policy & Action and is not supported in any way by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. The EDC is solely responsible for the content of the briefing and the remarks of presenters.