Exam 10: Eating Disorders

__________ disorders have the highest mortality rates of all of the psychiatric disorders.

With regard to treatment of eating disorders, research has found that:

The incidence of a disorder, such as anorexia nervosa, refers to______________ whereas the prevalence refers to the____________________.

In the DSM-5, it is likely that the percent-of-expected-weight criterion for Anorexia will be:

Individuals who binge eat are more likely to exhibit comorbid a) depressive disorder. b) conversion disorder. c) dissociative disorder. d) substance abuse. e) anxiety disorder.

Briefly describe the types of treatments that have been used for bulimia nervosa.

Bulimics are typically within the normal weight range.

Regardless of the type of treatment used, relapse is common in the case of anorexia nervosa.

Women who otherwise meet criteria for anorexia but who are menstruating and/or who have body weight above 85% of expected appear to constitute a distinctly different group in terms of demographics, illness history, psychopathology and treatment response.

DSM-5 might merge the _____________ Disorders and Eating Disorders into one diagnostic category

In chapter 3, it is argued that a perfect diagnostic system classifies disorders on the basis of symptoms, etiology, prognosis and treatment response. Based on this principle, state why the Eating Disorders are properly grouped together within their diagnostic category.

One complication of studying the symptoms of eating disorders is that they can sometimes overlap with __________ disorders.

Using the Keys study as an example, discuss how many of the symptoms of dieting are the same as those found in individuals with eating disorders.

The Eating Disorder Examination has been found to have poor reliability and validity.

Depressive disorder can involve severe weight loss or over-eating but will NOT include over-concern regarding weight or inappropriate compensatory behaviors

Anorexics do not engage in purging behaviour to maintain weight-loss.

Although the ideal woman, as depicted by the media, is getting __________, women are becoming __________.

Anorexia and bulimia are similar in that both involve weight and shape as a primary source of self-evaluation, have low self-esteem, and involve some type of behavior aimed at affecting or controlling weight.

Reduced serotonin transporter density has been associated with BOTH anorexia and bulimia

There is a relatively high rate of comorbidity in eating disorders, particularly with