Chapters 10, 11, 12 Flashcards
Bulimia
Repeated episodes of binge eating, followed by inappropriate compensatory behaviors like vomiting, laxatives, or exercise.
Binge Eating Disorder (BED)
Regular binge eating behaviors, but without the compensatory behaviors that are part of bulimia nervosa. Common with the overweight and obese.
Anorexia is __ times more common among women than men.
10
Metabolic Tolerance
Body becomes adapted to the drug.
Pharmacodynamic Tolerance
Changes in receptor binding.
Behavioral conditioning tolerance
Resistance to the drugs’ behavioral effects.
Disulfiram (Antabuse)
Treatment for substance abuse. Causes violent illness if alcohol is consumed
Erectile Disorder
Difficulties obtaining/maintaining an erection. May feel subjectively aroused, but the vascular mechanisms fail. Can be transient or chronic.
Female sexual interest/arousal disorder
Female cannot achieve/maintain genital response such as lubrication/swelling. Desire is present but physiological responses inhibited.
Senate focus
A series of simple exercises in which the couple spends time in a quiet, relaxed setting learning to touch each other. Includes scheduling.
Fetishistic disorder
Sexual arousal with nonliving objects.
Transvestic disorder
Cross-dressing for the purpose of sexual arousal (primarily among heterosexual men)
Masochistic disorder
Sexually aroused by being humiliated, beaten, bound, etc.
Sadistic disorder
Sexually aroused by asserting dominance over someone by beating, etc.
Exhibitionistic disorder
Men get erections while exposing their genitals, some masturbate at the time or later.