Eating Disorders Flashcards
What are the core problems identified in eating disorders
- restrictive eating
- binge eating
- compensatory behaviours
What are essential cognitive and affective features in eating disorders?
- pathological concern about weight and shape and their control
- fear of weight gain
feeling fat despite being in the normal weight range - feeling fat despite being in the normal weight range
- maladaptive beliefs about eating, exercise, and desired body
what is the diagnostic criteria for anorexia nervosa
- significantly low body weight
- fear of weight gain or possibility of being overweight
- body image disturbance and overvaluation of weight
what are the specifiers for AN
- restricting type
- binge eating / purging type
- atypical anorexia nervosa
What is the impact of malnutrition
- cold extremities
- skin becomes dry and hair falls out
- body becomes coated with lanugo
- menstruation becomes irregular and stops
- calcium lost
- growth can be slowed or stopped
- cardiac muscles weaken
What is the impact of bulimia nervosa
- repeated episodes of binge eating
- repeated episodes of behaviour intended to compensate for overeating to avoid weight gain
- once a week for 3 months
- overvaluation of shape or weight
- does not meet criteria for AN
What are the specifiers for BN
- bulimia nervosa of low frequency
What are objective binge episodes
eating more than most people would in a similar situation and in a discrete period of time with a sense of loss of control over the eating
What is the typical BN eating pattern
- little to no breakfast or lunch
- intake postponed to as late in the data as possible
- binge at a time it would not be expected
What are triggers for binge eating
- emotions
- lapses in self-awareness
- interpersonal stressors
- the presence of tempting food
- feeling that the dieting rule has broken
- body-image dissatisfaction
- skipping meals
- getting extremely hungry
are individuals diagnosed with BN typically in a normal weight range
yes
What are the medical complications associated with BN
- electrolyte abnormalities
- esophageal complications
- gastrointestinal symptoms
- renal system problems
- menstrual irregularities
- thyroid dysfunction
- reflex constipation
- loss of normal colonic function
What is the diagnostic criteria for binge eating disorder
- repeated episodes of binge eating in which the individual eats a large amount of food and experiences a loss of control
- episodes of binge eating characterized by an increased rate of eating, eating beyond the point of fullness, eating in the absence of physical hunger, eating alone, feelings of disgust
- causes distress
- occurs once a week for three months
- does not meet criteria fro AN or BN
What are the specifiers for BED
- binge-eating disorder of low frequency
- purging disorder
are individuals with BED often overweight
yes