Exam 8: Eating and Sleep-Wake Disorders

If given the choice between cognitive-behavioural therapy (CBT),behaviour therapy (BT),and interpersonal therapy (IPT)for the treatment of bulimia for a friend,which would be the best choice based on available research?

What has research indicated regarding the effectiveness of drug treatments for adult patients with anorexia nervosa?

In their cross-cultural study of eating disorders,Gupta and colleagues (2001)found that the drive for thinness and body dissatisfaction did not differ between Canadian and Indian women.However,there were cultural differences.What were they?

When attempting to "reset the biological clock" of an individual with a circadian rhythm sleep disorder,what is it generally best to do?

The increase in the incidence of eating disorders such as anorexia and bulimia has been referred to as a "collision between our culture and our physiology." What does this mean?

Research with Doberman pinschers and Labrador retrievers,who also inherit the disorder,has contributed to specific genetic models of which of the following?

Although for several years a prominent theory held that eating disorders were a way of expressing depression,what does almost all evidence now indicate?

How are alcohol and sleep related?

What percent of Playboy centrefolds met the weight criteria for anorexia between 1979 and 1988?

What do clinicians usually suggest is the most difficult part of treatment for anorexia,and the part of treatment where many anorexics are NOT successful?