eating disorders and substance abuse

Question 1

what are the potential signs of an eating disorder?

Answer 1

• excessive exercise
• fear of gaining weight
• feeling fat
• abnormal electrolyte levels
• anxiety round eating

Question 1

what are the potential signs of an eating disorder?

Answer 1

• excessive exercise
• fear of gaining weight
• feeling fat
• abnormal electrolyte levels
• anxiety round eating

Question 2

what’s the multidimensional model of eating disorders?

Answer 2

• biological dimension
• sociocultural dimension
• psychological dimension
• social dimension

Question 3

what are the 3 types of eating disorder?

Answer 3

• anorexia nervosa
• bulimia nervosa
• binge eating disorder

Question 4

what is the diagnosis of anorexia nervosa?

Answer 4

• refuses to maintain healthy body weight
• intense fear of gaining weight
• distorted body image
• (in females) absence of at least 3 consecutive periods

Question 5

what is bulimia nervosa?

Answer 5

recurrent episodes of binge eating:short time period with lack of control

Question 6

what is binge eating disorder?

Answer 6

binge eating in absence of behaviours designed to prevent weight gain

Question 7

factors contributing to eating disorders

Answer 7

• biological = genetic predisposition to depression, dysregulation of the hypothalamus, serotonin imbalances
• socio/cultural/psychology = pressure to be thin, cultural norms of attractiveness, food to cope with negative emotions

Question 8

treatment for anorexia nervosa

Answer 8

• hospitalise, forced feeding, rewards for eating
• relaxation techniques
• cognitive strategies

Question 9

treatment for bulimia

Answer 9

• confront condition, interpersonal problems
  help reuse impulsive eating and negative emotions

Question 10

treatment for binge eating

Answer 10

goals for treatment are to reduce binge eating and to support the person to eat regular meals

Question 11

brain pathways for eating disorders

Answer 11

• nucleus accumbens plays an important part in assessing reward
• food causes dopamine receptors to be released in the nucleus accumbens
• in the “addicted” brain, the prefrontal cortex and cingulate gyrus have reduce ability to regulate the compulsive drives

Question 12

what is substance use disorder?

Answer 12

substance/drug use disorder is a condition whereby the use of one or more drug leads to significant health complications
- the user develops a tolerance with time and ends up increasing the drug dosage to feel the effect of the drug rendering them susceptible to substance use disorder

Question 13

what causes substance use disorder?

Answer 13

• a genetic predisposition to drug use
• family history of drug addiction
• peer pressure