W7 Eating and Sleeping Disorders Flashcards
What are feeding and eating disorders?
Disorders characterized by persistent disturbances in eating behavior that significantly impair physical health or psychosocial functioning.
What is Pica?
Eating non-nutritive, non-food substances over a period of at least 1 month, inappropriate to the individual’s developmental level.
What is Rumination Disorder?
Repeated regurgitation of food over at least 1 month, not due to a medical condition, and not part of other eating disorders.
What defines Avoidant/Restrictive Food Intake Disorder (ARFID)?
Restriction of energy intake leading to significantly low body weight, with an intense fear of gaining weight and distorted body image.
Describe Anorexia Nervosa.
Characterized by recurrent episodes of binge eating, inappropriate compensatory behaviors, and an unduly influenced self-evaluation based on body shape and weight.
What is Bulimia Nervosa?
Involves recurrent binge eating episodes, followed by compensatory behaviors, with marked distress about binge eating.
Define Binge-Eating Disorder.
Similar to bulimia but without regular compensatory behaviors; characterized by marked distress regarding binge eating.
What is the treatment approach for eating disorders?
Often includes hospitalization, individual therapy, family-based therapy, and CBT-enhanced interventions.
What is Insomnia Disorder?
A dissatisfaction with sleep quantity or quality, with difficulties in initiating or maintaining sleep, occurring at least 3 nights per week for 3 months.
Describe Hypersomnolence Disorder.
Self-reported excessive sleepiness despite a main sleep period of at least 7 hours, occurring at least 3 times per week for 3 months.
What is Narcolepsy?
Recurrent periods of an irrepressible need to sleep, with episodes of cataplexy, and specific sleep study findings.
What characterizes Breathing-Related Sleep Disorders?
Evidence of obstructive apneas or hypopneas during sleep, leading to symptoms like daytime sleepiness.
Define Parasomnias.
Abnormal behaviors or experiences during sleep, including sleepwalking and nightmares.
What are the psychological treatments for sleep-wake disorders?
Cognitive therapy, guided imagery relaxation, paradoxical intention, graduated extinction, and progressive relaxation.
Name a class of medications used for sleep disorders.
Immediate-release benzodiazepines (e.g., Estazolam, Temazepam).
