Kathleen Fitzpatrick
Clinical Assistant Professor
Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences - Child and Adolescent Ps
Stanford University
United States of America
Biography
Dr. Fitzpatrick is a Clinical Assistant Professor in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Stanford University School of Medicine. She specializes in neuropsychological assessment of eating disorders and evaluation of treatments for children and adolescents. Her current research interests focus on the development of Cognitive Remediation Therapy (CRT), which utilizes neuropsychological components to address cognitive and behavioral difficulties associated with eating disorders. In addition to working as a therapist on research treatment studies, she also provides supervision to therapists on different treatment modalities.
Research Interest
Her current research focuses on neuropsychology and neuroimaging in eating disorders. I am particularly interested in the role of weight suppression and malnourishment on cognition, the evaluation of neuropsychological deficits in adolescents and cognitive features associated with obesity
Publications
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Do executive functioning deficits underpin binge eating disorder? A comparison of overweight women with and without binge eating pathology. International journal of eating disorders Manasse, S. M., Forman, E. M., Ruocco, A. C., Butryn, M. L., Juarascio, A. S., Fitzpatrick, K. K. 2015; 48 (6): 677-683
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Cognitive Remediation Therapy and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy With an Older Adult With Anorexia Nervosa: A Brief Case Report PSYCHOTHERAPY Darcy, A. M., Fitzpatrick, K. K., Lock, J. 2016; 53 (2): 232-240
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The importance of loss of control while eating in adolescents with purging disorder. International journal of eating disorders Goldschmidt, A. B., Accurso, E. C., O'Brien, S., Kara Fitzpatrick, K., Lock, J. D., Le Grange, D. 2016; 49 (8): 801-804
