Types of Eating Disorders
This disorder involves extreme restriction of food intake and intense fear of gaining weight.
What is anorexia nervosa?
Rapid weight loss can be a warning sign of this eating disorder.
What is anorexia nervosa?
This group has the highest mortality rate of any mental health disorder.
What are eating disorders?
This organization provides free support groups for people struggling with eating disorders.
What is the National Association of Anorexia Nervosa and Associated Disorders (ANAD)?
This type of therapist helps individuals challenge unhealthy thoughts about food and body image.
What is a cognitive behavioral therapist?
This disorder includes binge eating followed by purging behaviors.
What is bulimia nervosa?
Experiencing trauma, bullying, or major life stress can increase this for developing an eating disorder.
What is the risk (or likelihood)?
Eating disorders are considered this type of illness, not just a diet or phase.
What is a mental illness?
ANAD pairs individuals in recovery with someone who has recovered to encourage this kind of treatment.
What is peer mentoring?
Recovery often includes this type of medical professional to monitor physical health.
What is a physician or medical doctor?
This eating disorder involves recurrent binge eating without regular compensatory behaviors.
What is binge-eating disorder?
Low self-esteem and feeling a lack of control are this type of risk factor.
What are psychological risk factors?
This eating disorder is the most common in the United States.
What is binge-eating disorder?
ANAD’s services are offered at this cost to participants.
What is free (no cost)?
This level of care involves living at a treatment center while receiving structured therapy.
What is residential treatment?
This eating disorder involves repeatedly eating non-food items, such as paper, dirt, or chalk.
What is pica?
Trauma is considered this type of contributing factor to eating disorders.
What is an environmental factor?
Eating disorders affect people of all genders, and about one in this many people with an eating disorder is male.
What is three?
DAILY DOUBLE: ANAD was founded in this decade.
What is the 1970s?
This therapy approach focuses on empowering parents to help adolescents recover.
What is Family-Based Treatment (FBT)?
DAILY DOUBLE: This disorder is characterized by an obsession with eating only foods perceived as healthy or “clean.”
What is orthorexia?
This neurotransmitter imbalance is often linked to mood disorders and eating disorders.
What is serotonin imbalance?
In the United States, eating disorders affect an estimated __ million people at some point in their lives.
What is 28?
In addition to support groups, ANAD provides this service that connects individuals to treatment resources.
What is a helpline (or referral service)?
Early intervention improves this long-term outcome.
What is recovery success rate (or prognosis)?