Dozois 10 - Eating Disorders

Question 1

choosing the correct diagnosis by ruling out other possible diagnosis when they overlap in symtoms

Answer 1

Differential Diagnosis

Question 2

Characterized by food restriction that leads to a significantly low weight, relative to a person’s age height, and sex, as well as fear of gaining weight

Answer 2

Anorexia nervosa

Question 3

Individuals experience episodes of binge-eating in which they consume a large amount of food and feel out of control while they eat, often following a period of food restriction.

Answer 3

Bulimia nervosa

Question 4

Reoccurring bing-eating without the regular, inappropriate compensatory behaviors to try to rid the body of calories.

Answer 4

Binge-eating disorder (BED)

Question 5

Eating a large amount of food in a specific time period (e.g., less than two hours)

Answer 5

objective binge

Question 6

behaviors in order to achieve or maintain weight loss (vomiting, laxative abuse, or abuse of enemas or diuretics

Answer 6

Purging

Question 7

Means of assessing significantly low weight - weight is in kilograms divided by height in metres squared.

Answer 7

BMI- Body mass index

Question 8

individuals attain their extremely low body weights through strict diets, and sometimes excessive exercise

Answer 8

Restricting type (Anorexia)

Question 9

Exam / Assessment tool used by researchers and clinicians used for diagnosing eating disorders

Answer 9

EDE- Eating Disorder Examination

Question 10

Individuals who self-induce vomiting have scrapes or calluses on the backs of hands or knuckles

Answer 10

Russell’s sign

Question 11

Variables that occur prior to the onset of the disorder, which prospectively predict the disorder’s onset

Answer 11

Risk Factors

Question 12

A variable that leads the symptoms to persist after their onset

Answer 12

maintenance factor