Exam 10: Eating Disorders

The integrative or biopsychosocial model is illustrated by the finding that persons who are dieting and suffer fromandare most susceptible to an eating disorder,particularly following stress or failure.

Individuals with anorexia and bulimia demonstrate signs of dysregulation,supporting the role of dysfunctional neurotransmitter activity in eating disorders.

Impulsivity is associated with anorexia and bulimia.

Eating disorders are sometimes referred to asdisorders.

The Chapter informs us that the DSM-5 combines the Eating Disorders with Feeding disorders.Based upon the principal that a diagnostic system should classify on the basis of symptoms,etiology,prognosis and response to treatment,argue against merging Feeding and Eating Disorders.

The most common eating disorder is

Findings that only small distinctions often separate individuals in different diagnostic categories and that many people move from one diagnostic category to another support theview and approach to diagnosing eating disorders

Persons with anorexia fear weight gain for aesthetic reasons resulting from media transmission of the "thin ideal" body type.

Evidence suggests that dieting can

Self-induced vomiting may also produce

A study that followed women treated for eating disorders 9 years found relapse rates of about:

Family therapy for eating disorders appears to have greater effectiveness for: