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14bc Personality eating disorders Flashcards

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Defense mechanisms

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unconscious mental process that the ego uses to resolve conflicts. (i want to punch him but I know I shouldnt)

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Personality parts

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  • 50% temperament “nature”
  • Character
  • Development- negative repeated childhood events can have negative effects
  • Psyche- self awareness and ability to learn, adapt, and change
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Immature defense mechanisms

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Acting out
dissociation- drastic temporary change in personality etc.
Denial
Displacement- husband yells at wife- wife yells at child
fixation
identification- modeling behavior after someone more powerful
Isolation- separating feelings from ideas or events
Projection-projecting your own unacceptable impulses 2 someone else
Rationalization
Reactio formation- think of sex join monestary
regression- toilet trained child wets bed
Repression- involuntary witholding ffelings or thoughts from consciousness
splitting- all good or all bad- no inbetween

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Mature defenses

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Altruism- alleviating guilt by helping others
Humor- i.e. making a joke about Step 1
Sublimation- replace impulse with more acceptable one- angry at dad- take out frustrations scoring goals in soccer
Suppression- intentionally witholding thought or idea from consciousness- choosing not to worry because there are other things to do right now.

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Personality disorder

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  • Ingrained.inflexible
  • Gets in the way of realtionships or functioning
  • Stays stable
  • distresses people around them
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Personality disorders stats

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10-18% of population
30-50% psychiatric outpatient populations
>50% inpatient
34% of Axis 1 disorder patients

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Cluster A

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Detached and eccentric

  • Schizoid
  • schizotypal
  • paranoid
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Schizoid PD

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Emotionally detached
doesnt want relationships
SchizoiD --> Distant
*M>f
*No positive symptoms of Schizophrenia
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SchizoTypal PD

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Eccentric/ awkward
magical Thinking
*genetic predisposition
“I dont like your vibe man”

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Paranoid PD

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pervasive distrust
M>F
No hallucnations or thought disorder

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Cluster B personality disorders

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Dramatic and imulsive

Antisocial
Borderline
Histrionic
Narcisistic

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Borderline PD

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  • Frantic fear of abandonment
  • Unstable and intense relationships- Idealization or devaluation
  • mood swings (minutes to hours, not days like bipolar)
  • suicide and self mutilation common
  • F>M
  • Familial- associated with MDD and substence abuse
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Antisocial PD

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Sociopath
criminal, deceitful, impulsive
Aggressive, irritable
Irresponsible
-M>F
-very genetic
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Histrionic PD

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Paris hilton
sexually provocative, attention seeking, emotional and excitable
F>M

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Narcissistic PD

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*Self-important grandiosity- lack of empathy
*Success, pwer, brilliance, beauty, love
*arrogant, entitled, envious
*require admiration, take advantage of others
rages at criticism

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Cluster C personalities

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Cowardly, clingy, compulsive

  • avoidant
  • Obsessive compulsive
  • Dependent
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OCPD

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*Fixated on details- lose scope
*Perfectionism that interferes
*Inflexible values that are unattainable
M>F
rationalize, intellectualize, reactionary, controlling
EGO SYNTONIC

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Avoidant PD

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  • Extreme sensitivity to rejection with withdrawl

* Shy but desire relationships

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Dependent PD

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*subordinate needs to others
*indecisive- no self confidence
*doesnt speak up because of fear
*Cant be alone
F>M

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PD treatments

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*Psychodynamic treatment- change defenses
*supportive if patient unstable or unable to see problems
*Behavioral if behavior self destructive
Meds for symptoms

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Anorexia nervosa

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MOST LETHAL PSYCH DISORDER
-intense weight loss and fear of obesity
-Disturbed body image
-medical signs and symptoms of starvation
(May require inpatient)
Dx Criteria
*less than 85% of ideal weight
*intense fear of gaining weight
*Body image distortion
*(amenorrhea)
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Anorexia classifications

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Purging/restricting

Severity
Mild BMI>17
Moderate 16-16.99
Severe 15-15.99
Extree <15
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Signs of starvation

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Hypotension
Bradycardia
Hypothermia

  • bradycardia, syncope, EKG changes, arrhythmias and suddendeath
  • skeletal: osteopenia porosis
  • Endocrine: decreased sex hormones, cold intolerance hypothermia, decr libido and amenorrhea
  • Derm- dry skin, alopecia, lanugo
  • Heme- pancytopenia
  • GI- delayed gastric emptying constipation
  • Neuro- fatigue, weakness, brain mass volume loss and cognative deterioration
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Anorexia epidemiology

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  • 10:1 females to males
  • Mid teens
  • 1% population, 5% subclinical
  • higher socioeconomic status
  • Multifactorial, dieting common
  • Genetic predisposition
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Eating disorder psychological factors

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  • Temperment: perfectionism, harm avoidant, high achieving
  • Control issues: feeling helpless, or controlled
  • Maturation fears: doesnt want to be full woman
  • demands to increase independence
  • Greedy/unacceptable moral desires
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Eating disorder social factors

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Media
Obesity ed
Family weight concerns
Teasing about weight
dieting info
performance pressures

*interfamily conflicts:
hostile, chaotic, isolative, controlling, not nuturing, not empathetic

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AN treatment

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  • Hospitalization- slow refeeding
  • Therapy
  • family (maudsley -parents control at start then give to patient)
  • individual - CBT and DBT
  • group therapy
  • STABALIZE AND IMPROVE RELATIONSHIPS

Prognosis:
75% good to moderate improvement, 1/4 complete recovery, 1/2 still issues but functiong, waxing and waning
Poor prognosis- persisting food obsessions, bulimia, low albumin/low weight
*7-18% mortal

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Bulimia Nervosa

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  • Binging and compensatory
  • clinical S/Sx

Dx Criteria

  • Recurrent binging and inappropriate compensatory behavior
  • twice (once in V) per week for 3 months
  • Body image distortion and self worth dependent on body image
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BN severity

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Mild 1-3 episodes of compensation
Moderate 4-7
Severe 8-13
Extreme 14+

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BN SSx

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  • Swollen parotid, MCP caluses (russels sign), Dental erosions and caries
  • fluid and electrolyte imbalance
  • GERD, Carices, melanosis coli
  • CV arrhythmias and myopathies
  • ENDO: menstrual abnormalitiees
  • Neuro: neuropathy, fatigue, cognative slowing, seizure
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BN labs

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*Vomting and diuretic:
Metabolic alkylosis: lowK, low NA,high bicarb
Hypochloremic

*Laxatives:
Hyperchloremic metabolic acidosis: Low K, high Cl, Low bicarb

Low Mg, ^serum amylase

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BN Epidemiology

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1-3% of population
Late adolescence early adulthood
*genetic predisposition - associated with mood and impulse disorders
*more responsive to serotonin changes

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BN Psychological and social

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Overachiever, secretive, ego-dystonic, self critical, outgoing, angry, impulsive
*associated with depression, substance abuse, PDs, emotional lability, anxiety, dissociative disorders, abuse history

*media influence, anti-obesity education, weight teasing,
family conflict:les close, control issues, neglect/rejection

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BN Tx

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Same as AN but also fluoxetine

NOT BUPROPRION- lowers seizure threshold.

Prognosis: Great as long as no substance abuse
Untreated remains chronic

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BED

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3-5% population

  • recurrent binging with distress
  • 1X per week>3 months (1-3 mild, 4-7 moderate, 8-13 severe, 14+ extreme)
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Avoidant/restrictive food intake disorder

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  • Fails to meet nutritional needs
  • no body image distortion
  • Not AN or BN
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Obesity

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BMI >30

2/3 overweight or obese, 1/3 obese

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Orlistat

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Lipase inhibitor for obesity

5-10 lbd weight loss in 6 months

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Phentermine

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Sympathomimetic decreases appetite

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Lorcasein HCL

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Belviq

BMI>30 or >27 with co morbid condition

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Reasonable weight loss

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Adults:
1-2 lbs/ week or 10% weight loss over 6 months
cut calories 500-1000 calories per day

Kids:
slow weight gain by exercising to fall back on curve
if obese: maintain for 3 months then 1lb/mo weightloss

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Exercise recommendations

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150 mins moderate aerobic weekly

2+ days muscle strengthening

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PD Tx

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Schizotypal, paranoid, and borderline PD benefit from 1/10 dose of antipsychotics

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