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List

Checklist for Anorexia Nervosa

4 points

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  • individual takes in too little nourishment (results in low body weight)
  • individual is fear of gaining weight
  • individual has distorted by perception, places inappropriate emphasis on weight in self judgment
  • fails to appreciate serious implications of low weight
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Define:

restricting- type anorexia nervosa

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reducing weight by restricting intake of food

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Define:

binge-eating/ purging-type anorexia nervosa

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lose weight by forcing to vomit/ abusing laxatives/ diuretics

may engage in eating binges

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what percentage of anorexia cases are women/girls

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75%

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what is the peak onset of Anorexia Nervosa

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14-20 years

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what percent of all people in western countries develop Anorexia Nervosa?

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0.6%

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Fill in the blank

people suffering with anorexia nervosa are ____ times as likely to commit suicide as the general population

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people suffering with anorexia nervosa are 5 times as likely to commit suicide

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Answer:

What is amnorrhea

what causes it

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the abscence of menstral cycles

anorexia nervosa

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medical problems related to anorexia nervosa

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  • lowered body temperature
  • low blood pressure
  • body swelling
  • reduced bone mineral density
  • slow heart rate
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Bulimia Nervosa is also known as

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binge-purge syndrome

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Define

Binge

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uncontrollable overeating

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characteristics of bulimia nervosa

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  • repeated binge-eating episodes
  • repeated performance of ill-advised compensatory behaviors
  • symptoms take place at least weekly for a period of 3 months
  • inappropriate influence of weight and shape on apprasial of oneself
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what percent of people develop bulimia nervosa

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1%

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on average how many calories do binge eater eat in one binge

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2,000-3,400

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what percent of girls/ women Experience body dissatisfaction

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83%

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what percent of men/boys experience body dissatisfaction

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74%

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Choose:

people suffering from this disorder are more likely to have mood swings, become easily frustrated and have trouble coping effectively

Bulimia Nervosa
Anorexia Nervosa

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Bulimia Nervosa

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what is the difference between binge eating disorder and bulimia nervosa

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binge eating disorder doesn’t involve purging

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checklist of binge eating disorder

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  • reccurent binge eating
  • unusually fast eating
  • absence of hunger
  • Uncomfortable fullness
  • secret eating (sense of shame)
  • subsequent feelings of self-disgust, depression, or severe guilt
  • significant distress
  • binge eating take place weekly over course of 3 months
  • absence of excessive compensatory behaviors
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What percentage of people develop binge eating disorder

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2.8%

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define:

multidimensional risk perspective

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several key factors that together place a person at risk

for an eating disorder

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who is the “pioneer” of the study and treatment of eating disorders

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Hilde Bruch

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define:

Effective parents

Hilde bruch

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parents who accurately attend to their child’s needs

biological and emotional

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Define:

Ineffective parents

Hilde Bruch

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parents who fail to appropriately attend to their child’s need

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Answer:

How does ineffective parenting lead to eating disorders?

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parents who incorrectly interpret child’s need leave the child unsure of how to fulfill their needs as they grow up

26
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fill in the blank:

many people with an eating disorder misinterpret being anxious or upset as ____

A

many people with an eating disorder misinterpret being anxious or upset as hunger

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Answer:

About how many people with an eating disorder also suffer depression

A

half

28
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Answer:

if one identical twin has an anorexia what percentage of second twins develop anorexia nervosa?

A

70%

29
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if a fraternal twin develops anorexia what percentage of second twins develop anorexia nervosa?

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20%

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Answer

if an identical twin develops bulimia nervosa what percentage of second twins develop bulimia?

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23%

31
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Answer:

if one fraternal twin develops bulimia what percentage of second twins devleop bulimia?

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9%

32
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List

disorders caused by brain circuit dysfunction that eating disorders have in common

3 points

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  • anxiety
  • obsessive compulsive
  • depression
33
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Answer:

what part of the brain do biological theorists focus their explaination for eating disorders on

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hypothalamus

34
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define

enmeshed family pattern

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family memebers are overinvolved and overconcerned with the details of eachothers lives

35
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Answer:

What is the driving factor in Anorexia Nervosa?

A

Fear

of gaining weight

36
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What is:

Clinical picture of Anorexia Nervosa

5 points

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  • key goal is becoming thin
  • driving motivation is fear
  • preoccupation with food occurs
  • thinking is distroted
  • low opinion of body shape
37
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List:

potential psychological problems

7 points

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  • depression
  • anxiety
  • low self-esteem
  • sleep disturbances
  • substance abuse
  • obsessive-compulsive patterns
  • perfectionism
38
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List:

potential medical problems of anorexia nervosa

8 points

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  • Amenorrhea
  • lowered body temperature
  • low BP
  • body swelling
  • reduced bone mineral density
  • slow heart rate
  • metabolic/electrolyte imbalances
  • skin,nail, and hair problems
39
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Answer:

What percent of college students report binge-eating or self induced vomititng

A

25-50%

40
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List:

Checklist of binges

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  • episodes of uncontrollable eating
  • 1-30 episodes per week 2,000-3,400 calories
  • often carried out in secret
  • preceded by great tension, releived by eating
  • followed by extreme self-blame, shame, guilt depression and fear of weight gain
41
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Define:

Compensatory behaviors

A

behaviors designed to counteract the effects of binge eating so weight gain doesn’t happen

42
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List:

Examples of compensatory behaviors

3 points

A
  • vomiting (purging)
  • laxative
  • diuretics (water pills)
43
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List:

Similarities between anorexia nervosa and bulimia nervosa

6 points

A
  • Distorted body perception
  • fear of becoming obese
  • preoccupation with food, weight, and apperance
  • disturbed eating attitudes
  • feelings of anxiety, depression, obsessiveness and perfectionism
  • heightned risk of suicide attempts and fatalities
44
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List:

Differences between bulimia and anorexia

what bulimia is characterized by that anorexia isnt
6 points

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  • more concern about pleasing others
  • tend to be more sexually experienced (later age onset)
  • mood swings, frustration, and boredom and impulsivity
  • dental problems more likely
  • amenorrhea less likely
45
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Answer:

What is the single most powerful contributor to dieting and the development of eating disorders?

A

body dissatisfaction

46
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define:

Body dissatisfaction

A

evaluating weight and shape negatively

47
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List:

Characteristics of binge-eating episodes

5 points

A
  • unusually fast eating
  • absence of hunger
  • Uncomfortable fullness
  • secret eating due to sense of shame
  • Subsequent feeling of self disgust, depression and severe guilt
48
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list:

characteristics of binge-eating disorder

5 points

A
  • reccurent binge eating episodes
  • signficant distress
  • binge eating episodes take place at least weekly over the course of 3 months
  • abscense of excessive compensatory behaviors
49
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List

Cognitive factors of eating disorders

2 points

A
  • improper labeling of internal sensations
  • little control over life
50
Q

True or false

Antidepressant drugs sometimes help persons with eating disorders

A

True

51
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Fill in the blank:

relatice of people with eating disorders are __ times more likely to develop eating disorders themselves

A

six

52
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answer:

What does the lateral hypothalamus (LH) do

A

produces hunger

53
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answer:

what does the Ventromedial hypothalamus (VMH) do?

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reduces hunger

54
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answer:

weight set point

A

hypothalamus and chemicals such as GLP-1 work together
responsible for keeping an individual at particular weight

55
Q

list

eating disorder treatment goals

2 points

A
  • correct dangerous eating patterns
  • address broader physcological and situational facors that have led to and maintain the eating problems
56
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list:

treatments for anorexia nervosa

3 points

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  • regain lost weight
  • recover from malnourishment
  • eat normally again
57
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List:

ways to restore weight and normal eating methods

5 points

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  • nutritional rehabilitation
  • tube and intravenous feeding
  • behvaioral weight-restoration approaches
  • combination of supportive nursing care, nutritional counseling, high caloric diet
  • motivational interviewing
58
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list:

characteristics of cognitive-behavioral therapy

4 points

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  • identification of core pathology and alternative stress and problem solving strategies
  • monitoring ties between feelings, hunger levels and food intake
  • changing attitudes about weight and eating; need for indepence control mechanisms
  • most successful when continued for at least a year beyond recovery and supplemented by other approaches

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