2. Eating Disorders Flashcards

1
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Anorexia - Reasoning for ED

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Obsession with weight loss

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Bulimia - Reasoning for ED

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Obsession with weight loss

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3
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BED - Reasoning for ED

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Emotional
Unrelated to weight loss desire

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4
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Anorexia - weight

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Underweight
Severely so in many cases

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5
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Bulimia - weight

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Normal to slightly overweight

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6
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BED - weight

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Typically overweight or obese

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7
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Anorexia - body perceptions

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Distorted body perception
(less about body shape) more about weight

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Bulimia - body perception

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Over-concerned with weight

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9
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BED - body perception

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May be unhappy with body & weight but not the reason for binging

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10
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Anorexia trump card

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If the person also meets the requirements for anorexia, they are diagnosed with anorexia, not bulimia

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Pride & Shame

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Anorexia - deny seriousness of condition/behaviour, surprised at others reactions to them

Bulimia - shame & guilt at behaviours, attempts to conceal them

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12
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Timing

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Anorexia most commonly develops during adolescence (between 15-19)

Bulimia most commonly develops after adolescence (between (20-24)

Binge-eating most commonly develops in middle age (30-50)

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13
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Skipping meals

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Anorexia & bulimia

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14
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Ritualized eating

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  • Organizing cabinets of food
  • Cutting up all the food (Cassie)
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15
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Anorexia-Bulimia Link

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Women often have a history of both (generally anorexia before bulimia)

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16
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Attitudes to treatment

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Eating disorders can be difficult to treat as patients often feel conflicted about recovering

  • Also feel pessimistic about treatment as they view their disorder as chronic
    • Many drop out of therapy
    • Drop out of treatment prematurely
17
Q

Transdiagnostic approach

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  • Huge mix and crossover between features of anorexia & bulimia
  • Reformulation of CBT with this in mind (focusing on pathological eating regardless of disorder) have been very effective/promising
18
Q

*Diathesis Stress Model

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  • Genetic predisposition
  • Struggle to handle stress
  • Life stresses trigger anorexia
19
Q

Crossover

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Anorexia - bulimia is common (weight gain/loss)
Never from restrictive to bulimia though

No link between anorexia & BED

BED more commonly moves to bulimia than the other way around

20
Q

Cultural

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  • Most common in caucasian and asian women
  • black women have the least EDs
  • Possibly because Western ideals centre on thinness
  • asian women seem less concerned with thinness despite also having EDs