Exam 9: Eating Disorders and Sleep-Wake Disorders

Obesity is one of the most common psychological disorders in the United States.

Sleep terror disorder affects more ______ and is usually outgrown during ______.

Narcolepsy with cataplexy affects between ______ out of 10,000 people in the general population.

Describe the features of binge-eating disorder and how it differs from bulimia.

Exercising heavily just before bedtime can help eliminate insomnia.

______ involves recurrent awakenings from sleep because of frightening dreams.

People who have recurrent eating binges but do not purge most likely have ______.

__________is associated with nightmares.

People with ______ are described as compulsive overeaters.

Anorexia nervosa and bulimia nervosa are becoming increasingly rare in the United States.

Narcolepsy is sometimes referred to as "sleep drunkenness."

Binge-eating disorder is closely related to ______.

Which person is most likely to develop an eating disorder?

Describe the features of anorexia and bulimia and the medical complications associated with each.

Many Americans commonly suffer from sleep attacks in which they suddenly fall asleep without warning.

As dieters lose large amounts of weight and attempt to keep it off, their bodies ______.

The available evidence shows ______.

Probably the most important factors in the development of eating disorders such as anorexia nervosa and bulimia nervosa are ______.

Which of the following people is most likely to have sleep terror disorder?

Eating disorders are often accompanied by the following disorders EXCEPT ______.