Psychological aspects of eating disorders

Question 1

What are the 3 types of eating disorders?

Answer 1

Anorexia nervosa
Bulimia nervosa
Atypical eating disorders s

Question 2

What is anoerixa nervosa?

Answer 2

A syndrome in which the person maintains a low body weight as a result of a preoccuptation with weight, construcucted as either a fear of fatness or a pursuit of thinness

Question 3

What is bulimia nervosa?

Answer 3

Characterized by recurrent episodes of binge eating and compensatory behaviour (vomiting, fastin or excessive exercise) in order to prevent weight gain

Question 4

What are atypical eating disorders?

Answer 4

Closely resemble anorexia nervosa or bulimia nervosa but do not meet precise diagnostic critera for them

Question 5

What is more prevalant, anorexia or bulimia?

Answer 5

Bulimia is 5 times more common that anorexia

Question 6

How is a diagnosis made of an eating disorder?

Answer 6

Made on the basis of the history and suggestive clinical features

Question 7

Why are eating disorders difficult to detect in primary care?

Answer 7

People are slow to present and may only do so when persuaded by concerned family members or friends

Question 8

What are some of the symptoms of an eating disorder?

Answer 8

Fatigue, dizziness, lack of energy, physical complications associated with starvation, purging and vomiting