Eating Disorders and Treatment

Question 1

What are the 3 eating disorder types?

Answer 1

• Anorexia Nervosa
• Bulemia Nervosa
• Binge eating Disorder

Question 2

Which ones have suicide with them?

Answer 2

• Culimia and anorexia

- hospitalize them

Question 3

DSM criteria for Anorexia nervosa

Answer 3

• don’t eat
• fear of gaining weight
• distorted perception of body weight and shape

Question 4

What is the restricting type of anorexia nervosa?

Answer 4

• 3 months of no binging or purging

- excessive exercising, fasting

Question 5

What is the bing-eating/purging type of anorexia nervosa

Answer 5

-3 months of the binging and purging behaviors

Question 6

Are these ppl underweight ?

Answer 6

yes

-they will try to lose weight fuh sho

Question 7

What is weight loss viewed as in these people?

Answer 7

-a form of control

Question 8

What complications do we really have to worry about with these pts?

Answer 8

-cardiac cardiac cardiac!!!!

Question 9

What will happen to their brain?

Answer 9

-atrophy

Question 10

Should we replenish these ppl slowly?

Answer 10

• yes

- don’t rehydrate or feed pts beyond their current capacity

Question 11

Which drug do we really want to avoid in these ppl?-

Answer 11

• Bupropion
• increased seizure risk with binging and purging
• and TCAs (cardiotoxicity- Qtc prolongation)

Question 12

What BMI are we starting to get into anorexia at?

Answer 12

-18

Question 13

What makes Bulemics tricky?

Answer 13

-they can be pretty much any body weight!

Question 14

What is the best treatment usually?

Answer 14

-psychotherapy!

Question 15

What drug is the only drug indicated for bulemia?

Answer 15

-Fluoxetine!

Question 16

What tx is for binge eating disorder?

Answer 16

-Vyvanse (lisdexamfetamine dimesylate)

Question 17

Gender dysphoria?

Answer 17

-strong desire to be another gender