Infant, Child And Adolensence Eating Disorders

Question 1

List the disorders that fit into the following categories: Neurodevelopmental

Answer 1

Neurodevelopmental: Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), autism spectrum disorder, communication disorders; specific learning disorders; tic disorders

Question 2

List the disorders that fit into the following categories: Elimination

Answer 2

Elimination: Enuresis, encopresis

Question 3

List the disorders that fit into the following categories: Mood

Answer 3

Mood: Major depressive disorder, bipolar disorder

Question 4

List the disorders that fit into the following categories: Anxiety

Answer 4

Anxiety: Generalised anxiety disorder, social anxiety, separation anxiety, panic disorder

Question 5

List the disorders that fit into the following categories: Disruptive, impulse control and conduct:

Answer 5

Disruptive, impulse control and conduct: Conduct disorder, intermittent explosive disorder, oppositional defiant disorder

Question 6

List the disorders that fit into the following categories: Trauma and stressor related:

Answer 6

Trauma and stressor related: Acute stress disorder; adjustment disorder; post-traumatic stress disorder; reactive attachment disorder

Question 7

List the disorders that fit into the following categories: Schizophrenia spectrum and other psychotic

Answer 7

Schizophrenia spectrum and other psychotic: Brief psychotic disorder, delusional disorder, schizoaffective disorder, schizophrenia

Question 8

List the disorders that fit into the following categories: Feeding and eating

Answer 8

Feeding and eating: Anorexia nervosa, avoidant/restrictive food intake disorder, binge-eating disorder, bulimia nervosa

Question 9

Ellie is three years old. She lives with her parents in a block of units in an inner-city suburb. Ellie’s mother drinks a lot of alcohol and often has arguments with Sean, Ellie’s stepfather. Maureen, a retired woman in her 60s, lives next door. Ellie loves spending time with Maureen, who has developed a close bond with Ellie” (Nizette & Barkway, 2017, p. 137).
Discuss the risks and protective factors for Ellie:

Answer 9

Risks: Maternal alcohol use, martial instability

Protective factors: Bond that Ellie has with Maureen

Question 10

How could Ellie’s relationship with Maureen affect her future relationships?

Answer 10

Ellie’s is receiving a close relationship from Maureen. This is protective as she is learning how a relationship can be, rather than what she knows from her living situation.

Question 11

What are the potential challenges a nurse may face when engaging with and assessing the health of a child?

Answer 11

• Access
• Time restrictions
• Environmental restrictions
• Difficulty establishing a therapeutic relationship
• Parental resistance and/or consent
• Communication issues due to developmental and/or chronological age

Question 12

Why is it important to understand language and communication with adolescents?

Answer 12

• To gain clarity, to communicate effectively

Question 13

What are some of the factors/reasons for non-suicidal self-injury (NSSI) in adolescents?

Answer 13

• To relieve or regulate feeling or insufferable emotional angst or tension
• To punish oneself due to self-loathing and/or self – blame
• To feel in control of at least one part of one’s life
• To communicate distress
• To make the body unattractive (associated with sexual abuse)
• To allow time for caring for oneself in a way that is believed to be deserving

Question 14

What is re-feeding syndrome?

Answer 14

Metabolic disturbance and fatal complication that can occur in the first 1-2 weeks of commencing re-feeding for people who are severely malnourished.