13. Disorders Related to Health

Question 1

Importance of Medical Doctor Referral and Involvement:

Answer 1

A doctor should always be involved, especially with Anorexia Nervosa

Question 2

A client who see themselves as overweight, even when they are dangerously underweight

Typically weigh themselves repeatedly, severely restrict the amount of food they eat, often exercise excessively, and/or may force themselves to vomit or use laxatives to lose weight

Also, has the highest mortality rate of any mental disorder. While many people with this disorder die from complications associated with starvation, others die of suicide

Answer 2

Anorexia Nervosa

Question 3

A client who has recurrent and frequent episodes of eating unusually large amounts of food and feeling a lack of control over these episodes

This binge-eating is followed by behavior that compensates for the overeating such as forced vomiting, excessive use of laxatives or diuretics, fasting, excessive exercise, or a combination of these behaviors

Client may be slightly underweight, normal weight, or over overweight

Answer 3

Bulimia Nervosa

Question 4

A client who loses control over his or her eating and has periods of binge-eating but are not followed by purging, excessive exercise, or fasting

As a result, people often are overweight or obese and this is the most common eating disorder in the U.S.

Answer 4

Binge-Eating Disorder