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

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

As many as ___% of people who lose weight by dieting or behaviour modification return to their baseline weight levels within five years.

The most common form of sleep disturbance is ________.

Most people need ________ or more hours of sleep a night to function at their best.

Describe the features of anorexia nervosa and the medical complications associated with it.

A study of Ontario high school females found that __________ % showed symptoms of an eating disorder.

Most eating disorders develop in nurturant,conflict-free families.

Felicia has an intense fear of being overweight.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 diets despite being 7 kilos lighter than her original dieting goal.She is suffering from ________.

Canadian psychiatrists describe a distinct parasomnia that they have coined sexsomnia,which involves ________.

People with anorexia may lose as much as ________ % of their original weight.

Bulimic women tend to be perfectionistic and __________ in their thinking patterns.

A disorder involving a sudden loss of muscular control is called ________.

Circadian rhythm sleep disorder was formally called sleep-wake schedule disorder.

In the case of bulimia,two or more strategies may be used for purging,such as vomiting and the use of ________.

People with sleep apnea repeatedly fall asleep without warning.

Narcolepsy is a relatively uncommon disorder.

People afflicted with narcolepsy often experience each of the following EXCEPT ________.

Each of the following is a problem associated with the use of tranquilizers to combat insomnia EXCEPT ________.

Narcolepsy affects between ________ out of 10 000 people in the general population.

The pharmacological treatment of eating disorders has generally been _________.