Exam 8: Eating and Sleep-Wake Disorders

Joe has recently started having a great deal of difficulty falling asleep.In addition,he frequently wakes up during the night and has trouble falling back to sleep once awakened.What has most likely caused Joe's sleep problems?

Alissa has bulimia.She asked her doctor whether there are any medications that she can take to help her manage the disorder.Her doctor stated that:

You predict that the person in a case study related to insomnia was older based on the prescription the person was given.What was that prescription most likely to be?

Which of the following is it NOT necessary to rule out before a clinician can diagnose hypersomnia?

What does the term "primary" in the diagnosis of primary insomnia refer to?

What does "sleep hygiene" refer to?

What is the core feature of anorexia?

How is the most comprehensive evaluation of sleep performed?

Describe the narcolepsy-related phenomena of sleep paralysis and hypnagogic hallucinations.Discuss their possible relationship to UFO experiences.

How can we tell that the media's message to be thin is aimed clearly at women?

Melissa is a counsellor and runs a support group for women with bulimia who are receiving inpatient treatment at a psychiatric facility.What percentage of women in her support group are likely to also have either social phobia or generalized anxiety disorder?

What type of sleep do we typically awaken from when we wake up in the morning?

Which of the following sleep disorders is accurately described?

Amanda loses control when she eats and consumes great quantities of food,but she does not engage in any attempts to compensate for her excess food intake.What condition does Amanda appear to have?

Morgan has an intense fear of being overweight.Although she talks a lot about food,she hardly eats.She also sees herself as "fat," despite the fact that her doctor says she is 20 percent underweight for her height,age,and bone structure.Morgan exercises excessively and obsessively diets,despite being 7 kilograms lighter than her original dieting goal.What condition does Morgan most likely have?

If a person spends 10 percent of "bed time" awake,what is their sleep efficiency?

Fred has been having a great deal of trouble initiating and maintaining sleep.He guesses that he is sleeping about three hours each night,and complains that he feels terrible during the day.In addition,Fred has always experienced some anxiety but it recently increased tremendously.How can we characterize Fred's experience?

Children sometimes experience intense episodes of sitting up during deep sleep,appearing frightened,showing signs of extreme arousal,talking,thrashing wildly,and then remembering nothing of the episode the next morning.What do such episodes indicate?

Susan,a woman of relatively normal weight,sometimes eats huge quantities of junk food and has no ability to stop herself.She follows this habit with long periods of complete fasting.Based on this information,which of the following is most likely to happen?

Given what we know about classical conditioning and learning through association,what do sleep experts generally recommend?