Exam 9: Eating Disorders and Sleep-Wake Disorders

To combat her insomnia, Nichole decides to stop using her bed for any other activities (such as reading, eating, or tossing and turning, etc.). From now on she will use it only for sleeping, And she will limit the time she spends in bed trying to fall asleep to no more than 10 to 20 Minutes at a time. Her approach is typical of ______.

Sleep medications primarily work by increasing the activity of ______.

Overeating in orally fixated people would likely be triggered by ______.

______ of the adult population experiences intense nightmares that could be diagnosed as nightmare disorder.

Discuss socioeconomic differences in obesity and the possible reasons for those differences.

Which of the following is one of the DSM diagnostic criteria for bulimia nervosa?

Which of the following is a problem associated with the use of tranquilizers to combat Insomnia?

The Barbie doll was designed to fit an idealized ______ fantasy of the female form.

Discuss the treatment of anorexia and bulimia. What methods hold the most promise?

Cataplexy typically follows ______.

Which of the following people is at highest risk of being obese?

About ______ percent of females in the United States develop anorexia nervosa.

Which of the following people is MOST likely to have obstructive sleep apnea?

Describe the features of the major types of parasomnias: nightmare disorder, sleep terror disorder, and sleepwalking disorder.

In a nation of plenty, some people deliberately starve themselves - sometimes to death.

A person who has a binge-eating disorder may demonstrate which of the following?

Most people who have sleep terrors fall back to sleep and remember nothing of them when they awaken.

REM sleep periods become ______ and dreams become ______ intense during the latter half of sleep.

"Sleep drunkenness" refers to ______.

Drugs used to treat depression may help curb bulimic binges.