Eating Disorders

Question 1

Normal eating is invariable. T/F?

Answer 1

False - it varies person to person and can even vary within a person depending day to day

Question 2

Eating disorders are a mental health diagnosis. T/F?

Answer 2

True

Question 3

The SCOFF mechanism can be used to screen for eating disorders. What is the SCOFF mechanism?

Answer 3

Do you make yourself Sick because you feel uncomfortably full?
Do you worry you have lost Control over how much you eat?
Have you recently lost more than One stone in a three month period?
Do you believe yourself to be Fat when others say you are too thin?
Would you say that Food dominates your life?

SickControlOnestoneFatFood

Question 4

What should be done when a patient presents with atypical symptoms of an eating disorder?

Answer 4

The condition should be treated following the guidelines of the condition that most closely fits that individual patient’s eating disorder