Exam 10: Eating Disorders

Given the current state of eating disorders in Canada and the recommendations made to Parliament in 2014, if you have a $500 million budget, how would you allocate the money nationally? Be specific in what you would expect to happen as a result of where the money would be going.

Assessments of body shapes reveal that women with distorted attitudes toward eating, relative to those with normal attitudes toward eating:

What medications are used to treat anorexia nervosa and bulimia nervosa? How are (or aren't)they helpful?

What diagnosis is most appropriate for Kristi? Her weight is stable but she reports that, several times a week, she "loses control" and "stuffs her face" eating lots of cookies and ice cream, then throws up by tickling her throat.

Self-harm is associated with eating disorders and is more common in people with:

Which of the following biological factors has been identified as direct risk factors (as compared to generalized risk factors)for eating disorders?

Bulimia nervosa typically begins in late adolescence or early adulthood.

Endogenous opioids, which are commonly released in patients with eating disorders, are associated with

Jana is a fifteen year old girl who weighs slightly below the normal weight for her height. Her mother has made an appointment with you, a psychologist, because she is concerned about Jana's weight. She tells you that Jana is exercising more than usual and always asks if she looks fat. She has started obsessing about counting calories and reading the nutritional information on food packages. What two diagnoses would you consider? What other information would you need to make a diagnosis?

Bingeing and purging is an effective way to lose weight.

According to the World Health Organization's 2002 Health Behaviour in School Aged Children (HBSC)Canadian survey, by grade 10, ___ of young women thought they were too fat.

Minuchin has argued that families of children with eating disorders are:

Opioid levels are thought to be high in people with bulimia nervosa.

What is the current prevalence of obesity in North America?

Bencherif and colleagues (2005)used brain MRI to study hormone secretion in eating disordered patients. They found that:

Which two behaviours characteristic of eating disorders have been identified as reinforcing as they trigger the release of opioids in the brain?

Monozygotic twins are more likely to both have anorexia or bulimia than dizygotic twins.

Observing a family, rather than relying on self-report, can highlight the difference between a child's _______ and parents' _________.

Research conducted in Canadian schools suggests which of the following eating disorders is most common among adolescents?

Canadian researchers Pliner and Chaiken have coined the term "Scarlett O'Hara effect" which refers to: