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Chapter 11 - Eating Disorders Flashcards

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Features for anorexia nervosa diagnosis

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Restriction of behaviors that promote healthy body weight
Intense fear of gaining weight and being fat
Distorted body image or sense of body shape

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Loss of appetite due to emotional reasons

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Anorexia

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Loss of me trial blood

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Amenorrhea

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Type of anorexia nervosa wherein weight kiss is achieved by severely limiting food intake

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Restricting type

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Anorexia nervosa type wherein the person regularly engages in binge eating and purging.

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Binge-eating/purging type

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Fine soft hair

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Lanugo

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Disorder that involves episodes of rapid consumption or a large amount of food, followed by compensatory behavior to prevent weight gain

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Bulimia nervosa

Ox hunger

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2 characteristics of binge

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Eating an excessive amount of food

Feeling of losing control over eating

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Bulimia nervosa in which compensatory behaviors are fasting or excessive exercise

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Non-purging type

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BMI

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Body mass index

Kg/m

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Normal BMI

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20-25

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Recurrent binges, lack of control during the bingeing episode, and distress about bingeing, as well as other characteristics, such as rapid eating and eating alone

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Binge eating disorder

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Obese

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BMI >30

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Key brain center for regulating hunger and eating

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Hypothalamus

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Substances produced by the body that reduce pain sensations, enhance mood and suppress appetite

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Endogenous opioids

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Neurobiological changes from starvation

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Cortisol level abnormalities

Opioids are released

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Neurotransmitter that related to eating and satiety

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Serotonin

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Neurotransmitter linked to the pleasurable aspects of food that compel an animal to go after food and motivation to obtain other pleasurable and rewarding things

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dopamine

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Behaviors that achieve or maintain thinness are negatively reinforced by

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reducing anxiety from being fat

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Dieting and weight loss are positively reinforced

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sense of mastery or self control

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A questionnaire measure of concerns about dieting and overeating

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Restraint scale

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HIgh Restraint scale ate ___ than nondieters after a fattening preload

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more

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Theory that states that the prevalence of objectification messages in Western culture has led some women to self objectify

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objectification theory

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The extent to which people can distinguish different biological states of their bodies

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Interoceptive awareness

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Facets of perfectionism

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self oriented
other-oriented
socially oriented

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Reduces binge eating, vomiting, depression and distorted attitudes towards food and eating in bulimic patients

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antidepressants

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Immediate goal for anorexia therapy

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gain weight to avoid medical compications

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therapy somewhat successful in achieving weight gain in the short term

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operant conditioning behavior therapy programs

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Second goal of anorexia treatment

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long term maintenance of weight gain

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principal form of psych therapy for anorexia

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family therapy

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Major goals of family lunch sessions

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changing the patient role of the person with anorexia
redefining the eating problem as an interpersonal problem
preventing the parents from using their child’s anorexia as a means of avoiding conflict

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Best-validated and most current standard for the treatment of bulimia

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CBT

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Goal of treatment of bulimia

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develop normal eating patterns

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Component involves discouraging the person from purging after eating foods that usually elicit an urge to vomit

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Exposure and Ritual Prevention

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People receive self-help books on topics like perfectionism, body image, negative thinking and food and health

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Guided self-help CBT

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Targets of CBT bulimia

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binges
self monitoring. self control
problem solving

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often used to treat obesity

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behavioral weight loss programs

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educating children and adolescents about eating disorders in order to prevent them from developing symptoms

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psychoeducational approaches

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helping children and adolescents resist or reject sociocultural pressures to be thin

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Deemphasizing sociocultural influences

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Identifying people with known risk factors for developing eating disorders

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risk factor approach

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focus on deemphasizing sociocultural influences

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dissonance reduction intervention

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targets risk factors

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healthy weight intervention

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