ED/Mental Health 101
This is the primary diagnostic manual used by mental health professionals in the United States to diagnose eating disorders and other mental health conditions.
What is the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-5)?
This stage is characterized by a lack of awareness of the need for change and no intention to change behaviors.
What is Precontemplation?
Eating disorders are serious mental health conditions that require treatment.
What is a fact?
This skill is used to help plan for future challenges by rehearsing different responses or behaviors.
What is "Coping Ahead"?
This pop star's real name is Stefani Joanne Angelina Germanotta, known for her extravagant fashion and powerful ballads.
Who is Lady Gaga?
This mental health condition often co-occurs with eating disorders and involves persistent feelings of sadness and hopelessness.
What is depression?
This professional is specialized in creating meal plans and providing nutritional guidance for eating disorder recovery.
Who is a Registered Dietitian (RD)?
Binge eating disorder is the most common eating disorder in the United States.
What is a fact?
This acronym stands for a strategy used to manage urges, which involves stopping, taking a deep breath, and observing thoughts without judgment.
What is the STOP skill?
This iconic TV series features a group of friends living in New York City, known for their catchphrase "We were on a break!"
What is Friends?
This cognitive distortion involves viewing situations in black-and-white terms, with no middle ground or gray areas.
What is all-or-nothing thinking?
This treatment focuses on helping individuals with eating disorders develop skills to manage emotions and cope with stress without resorting to disordered eating behaviors.
What is Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)?
Full recovery from an eating disorder is possible with the right support and treatment.
What is a fact?
This technique helps you ride out the emotional wave of an urge without acting on it, similar to surfing a wave.
What is "Urge Surfing"?
This actress played the role of Elle Woods in the 2001 film Legally Blonde.
Who is Reese Witherspoon?
This treatment approach involves a combination of nutritional counseling, medical management, and psychotherapy for individuals with eating disorders.
What is a multidisciplinary treatment approach?
This type of therapy uses exposure techniques to help individuals gradually confront and reduce their fears related to eating and body image.
What is Exposure Therapy?
Men are less likely to develop eating disorders compared to women.
What is a myth?
These self-statements help challenge negative thoughts and reinforce a positive self-image in recovery from eating disorders.
What are "Positive Affirmations"?
This British royal couple stepped back from their royal duties and moved to North America in 2020.
Who are Prince Harry and Meghan Markle?
This neurotransmitter, often called the "feel-good chemical," is closely related to mood regulation and is commonly targeted by antidepressant medications.
What is serotonin?
This term refers to the ability to recover from setbacks and continue working towards recovery goals despite challenges.
What is resilience?
Social media is a direct cause of eating disorders.
What is a myth?
This process involves creating specific, measurable, achievable, relevant, and time-bound objectives to track recovery progress.
What is "SMART Goals"?
This famous quote from a 1997 blockbuster film has been repeated countless times: "I'm the king of the world!"
What is from Titanic?