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What are the essential features of anorexia nervosa?

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  1. that the individual refuses to maintain a minimally normal body weight, is intensely afraid of gaining weight, and exhibits a significant disturbance in the perception of the shape or size of his or her body
  2. postmenarcheal females with this disorder are amenorrheic
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What is criterion A for anorexia nervosa?

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A. Refusal to maintain body weight at or above minimally normal weight for age and height (e.g. weight loss leading to maintenance of body weight less than 85% of that expected; or failure to make expected weight gain during a period of growth, leading to body weight less than 85% of that expected).

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What is criterion B for anorexia nervosa?

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B. Intense fear of gaining weight or becoming fat, even though underweight.

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What is criterion C for anorexia nervosa?

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C. Disturbance in the way in which one’s body weight or shape is experienced, undue influence of body weight or shape on self-evaluation, or denial of the seriousness of the surrent low body weight.

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What is criterion D for anorexia nervosa?

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D. In postmenarcheal females, amenorrhea, i.e., the absence of at least three consecutive menstrual cycles (a woman is considered to have amenorrhea if her periods occur only following hormone (estrogen) administration).

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What are the subtypes of anorexia nervosa?

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restricting type and binge-eating/purging type

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What is the restricting subtype of anorexia nervosa?

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during the current episode of anorexia nervosa, the person has not regularly engaged in binge-eating or purging behavior, like self-induced vomiting or misuse of laxatives, diuretics, or enemas

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What is the binge-eating/purging type of anorexia nervosa?

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during the current episode of anorexia nervosa, the person has regularly engaged in binge-eating or purging behavior (like self-induced vomiting or the misuse of laxatives, diuretics, or enemas)

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Some of the features of anorexia nervosa are part of the criteria sets for which disorders?

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social phobia, obsessive-compulsive disorder, and body dysmorphic disorder

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How can anorexia be differentiated from social phobia?

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The social fears extend beyond eating behavior with social phobia.

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How can anorexia be differentiated from obsessive-compulsive disorder?

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With OCD, obsessions and compulsions exist outside of food. These can be comorbid, though.

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How can anorexia be differentiated from body dysmorphic disorder?

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While both are characterized by a preoccupation with an imagined defect in bodily appearance, an additional diagnosis of BDD can be made if the distortion is unrelated to body shape and size.

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How can anorexia nervosa be differentiated from bulimia nervosa?

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Individuals with bulimia nervosa are able to maintain body weight at or above a minimally normal level.

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What are the essential features of bulimia nervosa?

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  • binge eating and inappropriate compensatory methods to prvent weight gain
  • individuals’ self-evaluation is excessively influenced by body shape and weight
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What is criterion A for bulimia?

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recurrent episodes of binge eating

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What two things characterize binge eating?

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  1. eating (within any discrete period of time) an amount of food that is definitely larger than most people would eat in a similar time period under similar circumstances
  2. a sense of lack of control over eating during the episode
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What is criterion B for bulimia nervosa?

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B. Recurrent inappropriate compensatory behaviorin order to prevent weight gain, such as self-induced vomiting; misuse of laxatives, diuretics, enemas, or other medications; fasting; or excessive exercise.

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What is criterion C for bulimia nervosa?

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C. The binge eating and inappropriate compensatory behaviors both occur, on average, at least twice a week for three months.

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What are criteria D and E for bulimia nervosa?

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D. Self-evaluation is unduly influenced by body shape and weight.

E. The disturbance does not occur exclusively during episodes of anorexia nervosa.

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What are the subtypes of bulimia?

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purging and nonpurging

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What is the purging type of bulimia?

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during the current episode of bulimia nervosa, the person has regularly engaged in self-induced vomiting or the misuse of laxatives, diuretics, or enemas

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What is the nonpurging type of bulimia?

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during the current episode of bulimia nervosa, the person has used other inappropriate compensatory behaviors, such as fasting or excessive exercise, but has not regularly engaged in self-induced vomiting or the misuse of laxatives, diuretics, or enemas

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