Bulimia

Question 1

____ nervosa involves both bingeing and compensatory behaviour.

Answer 1

Bulimia

Question 2

Bingeing often involves sweet foods and is more likely to occur when someone is alone, after a ____ social encounter, and in the morning or afternoon.

Answer 2

negative

Question 3

One striking difference between anorexia and bulimia is _____: people with anorexia nervosa lose a tremendous amount of weight, whereas people with bulimia nervosa do not.

Answer 3

weight loss

Question 4

Bulimia typically begins in late _____ and is more common in women than men.

Answer 4

adolescence

Question 5

____ often co-occurs with bulimia, and each condition appears to be a risk factor for the other.

Answer 5

Depression

Question 6

Dangerous changes to the ____ can also occur as a result of bulimia, such as menstrual problems, tearing in the stomach and throat, and swelling of the salivary glands.

Answer 6

body

Question 7

DSM-5 Criteria for ____ ____ Recurrent episodes of binge eating. Recurrent compensatory behaviours to prevent weight gain, for example, vomiting Body shape and weight are extremely important for self-evaluation

Answer 7

Bulimia Nervosa

Question 8

____ factors appear to play a role in both anorexia and bulimia. Both disorders tend to run in families, and twin studies support the role of genetics in the actual disorders and particular characteristics of the disorders, such as body preoccupation with thinness, and binge eating.

Answer 8

Genetic

Question 9

The hypothalamus does not appear to be directly involved in eating disorders, and low levels of ____ ____ are seen concurrently with bulimia, but not before the onset of the disorder. Thus, changes in food intake could affect the opioid system instead of changes in the opioid system affecting food intake.

Answer 9

endogenous opioids

Question 10

Research findings on the role of ____ in anorexia are mixed. Serotonin may play a role in bulimia, with studies finding a decrease in serotonin metabolites and smaller responses to serotonin agonists.

Answer 10

serotonin

Question 11

Newer research suggests ____ may play a role in restrained eating, a characteristic that is found in people with eating disorders.

Answer 11

dopamine

Question 12

The ____ factors do not do a particularly good job of accounting for some key features of anorexia and bulimia, in particular the intense fear of becoming fat.

Answer 12

neurobiological

Question 13

____ ____ theories focus on body dissatisfaction, preoccupation with thinness and attention and memory.

Answer 13

Cognitive behavioural

Question 14

The ____ Scale measures concerns about dieting and overeating and high scores are linked to binge eating among people without eating disorders.

Answer 14

Restraint

Question 15

The eating pattern of people with bulimia and binge eating disorder is similar to, but more ____ than, the behaviour highlighted in the studies of restrained eaters.

Answer 15

extreme

Question 16

Studies have found that concerns about body shape and weight ____ restrained eating, which in turn predicted an increase in binge eating.

Answer 16

predicted

Question 17

People with eating disorders pay greater attention to food and body-image-related things, and they tend to remember these better as well, suggesting that their ____ and ____ may be biased toward food and body image.

Answer 17

attention and memory

Question 18

____ medications have shown some benefit in the treatment of bulimia, but not anorexia. However, people with bulimia are more likely to discontinue the medication than to discontinue therapy.

Answer 18

Antidepressant

Question 19

The most effective psychological treatment for bulimia is ____ ____ therapy

Answer 19

cognitive behaviour

Question 20

CBT involves changing a patients ____ and ____ about thinness, being over- weight, dieting, and restriction of food, with the overall goal being to reestablish normal eating patterns.

Answer 20

beliefs and thinking

Question 21

CBT alone is more effective than medication treatment, though antidepressants can help lessen ____ depression.

Answer 21

comorbid

Question 22

Sociocultural factors, including society’s preoccupation with thinness, may play a role in eating disorders. This preoccupation is linked to dieting efforts, and ____ precedes the development of eating disorders among many people.

Answer 22

dieting

Question 23

In addition, the preoccupation with thinness, as well as media portrayals of thin models predicts an increase in body ____, which also precedes the development of eating disorders.

Answer 23

dissatisfaction

Question 24

____ associated with being overweight also contributes.

Answer 24

Stigma

Question 25

Women are more likely to have eating disorders than men, and the ways in which women’s bodies are ____ may lead some women to see their bodies as others do (self-objectify), which in turn may increase body dissatisfaction and eating pathology.

Answer 25

objectified

Question 26

Eating disorders are slightly more common among ____ ____ than women of colour. Eating disorders used to be more common among women of higher socioeconomic status, but this is less true today.

Answer 26

white women

Question 27

Research on personality characteristics finds that ____ may play a role. Other personality characteristics that predicted disordered eating across 3 years include body dissatisfaction, the extent to which people can distinguish different biological states of their bodies, and a propensity to experience negative emotions.

Answer 27

perfectionism

Question 28

Troubled family ____ are fairly common among people with eating disorders, but this could be a result of the eating disorder, not necessarily a cause of it.

Answer 28

relationships

Question 29

High rates of ____ and ____ abuse are found among people with eating disorders, but these are not risk factors specific to the development of eating disorders.

Answer 29

sexual and physical