Exam 10: Eating Disorders

A study of media effects on 12 year olds in Western Canada (Vaughan & Fouts, 2003) found that increases in eating disorder symptoms were associated with:

Recent family data on eating disorders are contrary to Minuchin's theory of eating disorders by suggesting

Current research (Soh et al., 2009) of differences and similarities in eating disorders prevalence is showing that:

The incidence of eating disorders has been rising steadily since the 1950s. This provides the best evidence for the ____________ theory of eating disorder.

Interpersonal therapy is effective for bulimia because it forces the patient to examine the reasons behind her binge and purge behaviour.

Comparisons indicate that interpersonal therapy, relative to cognitive-behaviour therapy, as a treatment for bulimia:

What medications are used to treat anorexia nervosa and bulimia nervosa? How are (or aren't) they helpful?

Which of the following brain mechanisms has been implicated in anorexia?

According to a study by DeGroot et al. (1992), what percentage of Toronto women with an eating disorder reported a history of sexual abuse?

Night eating syndrome is a type of purging disorder.

In the DSM-5, eating disorders are listed in the diagnostic category:

In the cognitive-behavioural view, the non-eating of anorexics is reinforced by

As documented in Canadian studies of trends in eating disorders (e.g., Courbasson et al., 2005), there is growing concern about the increasing rate of co-occurring eating disorders and _________.

Since the 1900s what has happened to prevalence of obesity in North America?

Which eating disorder is most responsive to treatment?

Eating disorder not otherwise specified is diagnosed at which rates?

Fairburn's cognitive-behavioural theory of the maintenance of anorexia nervosa has a central emphasis on:

Bulimia is a Greek word meaning

Women are more likely than men to develop eating disorders because:

When was the diagnosis of binge eating disorder first introduced into the DSM?