Chapter 11 - Eating Disorders Flashcards

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Features for anorexia nervosa diagnosis

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Restriction of behaviors that promote healthy body weight
Intense fear of gaining weight and being fat
Distorted body image or sense of body shape

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Loss of appetite due to emotional reasons

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Anorexia

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Loss of me trial blood

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Amenorrhea

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Type of anorexia nervosa wherein weight kiss is achieved by severely limiting food intake

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Restricting type

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Anorexia nervosa type wherein the person regularly engages in binge eating and purging.

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Binge-eating/purging type

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Fine soft hair

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Lanugo

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Disorder that involves episodes of rapid consumption or a large amount of food, followed by compensatory behavior to prevent weight gain

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Bulimia nervosa

Ox hunger

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2 characteristics of binge

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Eating an excessive amount of food

Feeling of losing control over eating

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Bulimia nervosa in which compensatory behaviors are fasting or excessive exercise

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Non-purging type

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BMI

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Body mass index

Kg/m

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Normal BMI

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20-25

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Recurrent binges, lack of control during the bingeing episode, and distress about bingeing, as well as other characteristics, such as rapid eating and eating alone

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Binge eating disorder

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Obese

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BMI >30

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Key brain center for regulating hunger and eating

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Hypothalamus

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Substances produced by the body that reduce pain sensations, enhance mood and suppress appetite

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Endogenous opioids

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Neurobiological changes from starvation

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Cortisol level abnormalities

Opioids are released

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Neurotransmitter that related to eating and satiety

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Neurotransmitter linked to the pleasurable aspects of food that compel an animal to go after food and motivation to obtain other pleasurable and rewarding things

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Behaviors that achieve or maintain thinness are negatively reinforced by

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reducing anxiety from being fat

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Dieting and weight loss are positively reinforced

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sense of mastery or self control

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A questionnaire measure of concerns about dieting and overeating

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Restraint scale

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HIgh Restraint scale ate ___ than nondieters after a fattening preload

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Theory that states that the prevalence of objectification messages in Western culture has led some women to self objectify

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objectification theory

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The extent to which people can distinguish different biological states of their bodies

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Interoceptive awareness

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Facets of perfectionism
self oriented other-oriented socially oriented
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Reduces binge eating, vomiting, depression and distorted attitudes towards food and eating in bulimic patients
antidepressants
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Immediate goal for anorexia therapy
gain weight to avoid medical compications
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therapy somewhat successful in achieving weight gain in the short term
operant conditioning behavior therapy programs
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Second goal of anorexia treatment
long term maintenance of weight gain
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principal form of psych therapy for anorexia
family therapy
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Major goals of family lunch sessions
changing the patient role of the person with anorexia redefining the eating problem as an interpersonal problem preventing the parents from using their child's anorexia as a means of avoiding conflict
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Best-validated and most current standard for the treatment of bulimia
CBT
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Goal of treatment of bulimia
develop normal eating patterns
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Component involves discouraging the person from purging after eating foods that usually elicit an urge to vomit
Exposure and Ritual Prevention
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People receive self-help books on topics like perfectionism, body image, negative thinking and food and health
Guided self-help CBT
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Targets of CBT bulimia
binges self monitoring. self control problem solving
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often used to treat obesity
behavioral weight loss programs
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educating children and adolescents about eating disorders in order to prevent them from developing symptoms
psychoeducational approaches
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helping children and adolescents resist or reject sociocultural pressures to be thin
Deemphasizing sociocultural influences
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Identifying people with known risk factors for developing eating disorders
risk factor approach
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focus on deemphasizing sociocultural influences
dissonance reduction intervention
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targets risk factors
healthy weight intervention