Exam 8: Feeding and Eating Disorders and Sleep-Wake Disorders

Which of the following people is MOST likely to develop bulimia?

Women with bulimic tendencies tend to have a dysfunctional _________ style that may lead to exaggerated beliefs about the negative consequences of gaining weight.

For insomnia disorder to be classified as a sleep disorder,there have to be difficulties for more than three months.

Studies of twins have found ________ for a genetic component to anorexia and ________ for a genetic component to bulimia.

Young women with bulimia tend to have ________ psychological problems and ________ self-esteem than other dieters.

Daytime sleepiness is a feature of hypersomnolence.

After using the most effective treatment methods,about ________ % of patients treated for bulimia continue to show evidence of bulimic behaviour.

Macria suffers from recurrent episodes of gorging on large quantities of food followed by purging through self-induced vomiting in order to prevent herself from gaining weight.Although her weight is well below normal,to the point that others see her as "skin and bones," she worries excessively about being fat.She also has impulse control problems in other areas of her life.She is suffering from ________.

The therapeutic approach MOST supported by research in treating bulimia is ________ therapy.

To double the success rate of treating bulimia,research has recently shown that __________ should occur.

The majority of young women exposed to pressures to conform to an ultra-thin female ideal end up developing eating disorders.

Sruthy has an intense fear of being overweight.Although she talks a lot about food,she hardly eats at all.She also has a distorted body image,in which she sees herself as "fat" despite the fact that her physician says she is 20% underweight for her height,age,and bone structure.She exercises excessively and still rigidly and obsessively diets despite being 7 kilos lighter than her original dieting goal.She is suffering from ________.

Discuss the family causal factors involved with anorexia nervosa and bulimia.

A 24-hour rhythm is known as a(n)________ rhythm.

Nightmares occur during ________ sleep.

Hypersomnolence afflicts ________ % of the population.

The specific cognitive-behavioural techniques widely used for successfully treating bulimia are ________.

The type of psychological approach that has become predominant in the treatment of sleep disorders is ________.

It is believed that sleepwalking episodes are an enactment of a dream.

Discuss the psychosocial causal factors involved with anorexia nervosa and bulimia.