Mary Sanders, Ph.D.
Academic Appointments
- Clinical Associate Professor, Psychiatry & Behavioral Science - Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
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Contact Information
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Clinical Offices
Child & Adolescent Psychology Clinic 401 Quarry Rd MC 5719 Stanford, CA 94305 Tel Work (650) 723-5511 Fax (650) 723-5531Practices at Stanford Hospital and Clinics and Lucile Packard Children's Hospital
- Academic Offices
Personal Information Email Tel (650) 723-5511 Tel (650) 465-7263Not for medical emergencies or patient use
Professional Overview
Clinical Focus
- Mindfulness
- Eating Disorders, Pediatric
- Munchausen by Proxy
- International Educational Exchange
- Psychology
Professional Education
| Internship: | VA Medical Center, CA USA (1985) |
| Fellowship: | Lucile Packard Children's Hospital CA (1991) |
| Doctorate Degree: | Memphis State University TN (1985) |
| Ph.D.: | University of Memphis, Clinical Psychology (1985) |
Community and International Work
- Project Okurase, Ghana
Scientific Focus
Current Research Interests
Dr. Sanders is the Program Director of the Comprehensive Care Unit at Stanford where she teaches and works with inpatients with eating disorders. She has specialized in the treatment of eating disorders for the past 25 years at Stanford. She has written extensively and presented nationally on the subject of the evaluation and treatment of eating disorders and also in the field of child abuse, specifically in the area of Munchausen by proxy.
Dr. Sanders is also involved with an international outreach project in Ghana called Project Okurase. This project involved an annual medical health outreach in the village. The project is also creating a model village which includes the building of a medical clinic, vocational school, and homes for families that take in orphans. The project is also involved with bringing safe water, building compost toilets, and bringing solar energy to the village.
Publications
- Forensic assessment of illness falsification, Munchausen by proxy, and factitious disorder, NOS. Child Maltreat. 2002; (2): 112-24
- Body dissatisfaction and dieting in young children. Int J Eat Disord. 2000; (1): 74-82
- A model for managing clinical and personnel issues in C-L psychiatry. The Department of Pediatric Psychiatry at Children's Hospital at Stanford. Psychosomatics. 1994 Jan-Feb; (1): 73-9
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