Food Junkies Podcast Episode 114: Dr. Claire Wilcox, MD (Part 1)
Dr. Wilcox, MD is a board-certified psychiatrist and addiction psychiatrist, an associate professor of
translational neuroscience at the Mind Research Network and adjunct faculty at the University of
New Mexico. She has worked in a variety of clinical settings, including a medical weight loss clinic and an eating disorder treatment facility, and she completed an internal medicine residency before her psychiatry residency. She has been awarded NIH grants and published numerous academic works, some in prestigious academic journals, including a study on the relationship between dopamine function and overeating behavior, and a textbook on food addiction entitled Food Addiction, Obesity and Disorders of Overeating an Evidenced Based Assessment and Clinical Guide with Springer, the latter of which has seen over 5000 downloads since October of 2021.
She has given numerous talks and trainings on the neurobiology of overeating in her career. She identifies herself as a writer, too. She was an associate editor of the New England Journal of Medicine Journal Watch from 2017-2020 and has written numerous educational blog posts and continuing medical education materials on a variety of medical and psychiatric topics including eating disorders, and blogs regularly on Psychology Today. She’s written for the Santa Fe Reporter, New Mexico Wilderness Alliance, Your Tango, Science in the News, and the Telluride Watch. She’s published some personal essays under a pseudonym in literary magazines too and is revising an as-yet-unpublished novel called Grit. In May of 2022, she attended the Santa Fe Science Writers Workshop and she is a member of the American Medical Writer’s Association, the National Association of Science Writers, and the Food Addiction Professionals Network. Finally, she is in recovery from sugar, alcohol, and cigarette addiction.
In this interview:
Claire tells her story personal and professional
Claire talks about pushback received by colleagues when trying to address FA with clients
Claire and Vera discuss:
· Type 2 Dopamine Receptors, exercise, restoring dopamine receptors, impulse control, medications
· Abstinence, Subtyping (needs validation – research)
· Claire’s book and chapters – a handbook for professionals and researchers
· Symptoms more psychological vs physical like nicotine
· Controversary that exists; ED professionals
· Standards of Care – medications, TMS
· Obstacles to research – DSM, diagnosis, etc.
· How did you get the book published?
· TMS study on Alcohol Use Disorder
What’s next
Signature question
Follow Claire:
Website: https://www.wilcoxmd.com/
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Twitter: https://twitter.com/clairewilcoxmd
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/claire-wilcox-b08867174/
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Molly Painschab, LCPC, LAC, co-host of the Food Junkies Podcast, and co-founder of Sweet Sobriety is excited to offer you a comprehensive workshop on how to recover from Emotional Eating.
This workshop will help you: * Recognize your own emotions - difficulty identifying feelings is associated with EE. * Identify trauma-based symptoms contributing to slips - they can play a major role in EE. * Explore the connection between childhood experiences & hunger. Children who felt safe are able to identify when they are full. * See how emotional overwhelm causes us to use our mental energy to focus on food to distract us from feeling the tough feelings beneath. Tools we will be teaching you: EE’s live their lives in their heads - disconnected from their body. They experience emotional abandonment as physical hunger. You will increase Interoceptive Awareness (the ability to identify, access, understand & respond appropriately to the patterns of internal signals) & Emotional Satiety through: • Bodywork • Breathwork • Reparenting - The 4 pillars • CBT – catching/reframing thoughts • Addressing Spiritual Hunger - The Four Agreements What you get: Hrs of pre-recorded videos Downloadable resources & suggested at-home practices Four 1-hr live support sessions with Replay $50USD Wednesdays March 8th, 15th, 22nd, 29th @ 2pm EST Link here: https://www.sweetsobriety.ca/courses/emotional-eating
The content of our show is educational only. It does not supplement or supersede your healthcare provider's professional relationship and direction. Always seek the advice of your physician or other qualified mental health providers with any questions you may have regarding a medical condition, substance use disorder, or mental health concern.