Eating Disorders Flashcards
Eating a large amount of food than most people would eat under similar circumstances, binge eating and attempts to compensate for being eating and potential weight gain.
Bulimia Nervosa
What are the techniques used by people with bulimia nervosa to compensate for binge eating and potential weight gain?
Self induced vomiting immediately after eating
Use of laxatives
Use of diuretics
Exercising excessively
Fast for long periods between binges
Drugs that relieve constipation, used by individuals with bulimia nervosa.
Laxatives
Drugs that result in loss of fluids through greatly increased frequency of urination, used by individuals with bulimia nervosa.
Diuretics
What are the 2 subtypes of bulimia Nervosa in DSM IV-TR?
Purging Type
Non purging Type
Binge eating and inappropriate compensatory behaviors for bulimia nervosa, both occur on average atleast _ for _.
Once a week for 3 months.
It’s a medical consequence of bulimia nervosa, caused by repeated vomiting which gives the face a chubby appearance.
Salivary gland enlargement
Continued vomiting can upset the chemical balance of bodily fluids including sodium and potassium levels. What is this medical consequence of bulimia nervosa?
Electrolyte imbalance
Electrolyte imbalance if unattended can lead to serious medical complications, which are?
Cardia arrhythmia (disrupted heartbeat)
Seizures
Renal (kidney) failure
Young women with bulimia also develop more _ than age and weight matched controls.
Body fat
It is a medical consequence of bulimia nervosa, resulting from laxative use. It can include several constipation or permanent colon damage.
Intestinal problems
A medical consequence of bulimia nervosa, caused by the friction of contact with the teeth and throat when repeatedly sticking the fingers down their throat to stimulate the gag reflex.
Calluses on fingers/back of their hands
What are some medical consequences of bulimia nervosa that are caused by repeated vomiting?
Salivary gland enlargement
Erode the dental enamel on the inner surface of the front teeth
Tear the esophagus
Electrolyte imbalance
What are the associated psychological disorders in bulimia nervosa?
Anxiety disorders
Mood disorder, particularly depression
Substance use
What does Anorexia Nervosa literally mean?
Nervous loss of appetite
People with this disorder are so successful at losing weight that they put their lives in considerable danger, have a morbid fear of gaining weight and losing control over eating and are proud of both their diets and their extraordinary control.
Anorexia Nervosa
Anorexia Nervosa most commonly begins in an _ who is overweight or perceives herself to be, escalate into an obsessive preoccupation with being thin.
Adolescent
What are the ways of people with anorexia nervosa to achieve dramatic weight loss?
Severe caloric restriction
Combining caloric restriction and purging
Severe exercise
2 Subtypes of anorexia Nervosa
Restricting type
Binge-eating -purging type
Subtyping of anorexia nervosa refers only to the last _.
3 months
Staying the same weight from one day to the next or gaining any weight is likely to cause a person with anorexia nervosa _, _, _.
Intense panic, anxiety, depression
Significantly low body weight is _ below that expected, average is _ to _ below normal for anorexic people by the time treatment is sought.
15%
25-30 %
A medical consequence of anorexia nervosa. Cessation of menstruation, occurs relatively often in bulimia as well.
Amenorrhea
A medical consequence of anorexia nervosa. Downy hair on the limbs and cheeks.
Lanugo
What are the cardiovascular problems that anorexic people may have?
Chronically low blood pressure and heart rate
What could be the medical consequence if vomiting is part of anorexia?
Electrolyte imbalance
Cardiac and kidney problems
What are the medical consequences of anorexia nervosa?
Amenorrhea
Dry skin, brittle hair or nails
Sensitivity to intolerance of cold temperature
Lanugo
Cardiovascular problems
Electrolyte imbalance
What are the associated psychological disorders to anorexia nervosa?
Mood disorder
Anxiety Disorder
Obsessive Compulsive Disorder
Substance use
Individuals who experience marked distress because of binge eating but do not engage in extreme compensatory behaviors.
Binge-eating Disorder
There is a greater likelihood of binge eating occurring in _, and a _ age of onset.
Males
Later age
A greater likelihood of remission and a better response to treatment compared with other eating disorders.
Binge eating disorder
Why do individuals with binge eating disorder binge?
To alleviate bad moods or negative affect.
Rates of anxiety and mood disorders are only somewhat elevated over the normal population among these people and rates of substance abuse are actually somewhat lower.
Obese
What are the 2 forms of maladaptive eating patterns in people who are obese?
Binge eating
Night eating syndrome
