Diagnosis and Symptoms
This sleep disorder makes it hard to fall or stay asleep
What is insomnia?
Pressure to look thin from social media can increase risk for eating disorders
What is media influence?
Severe lack of sleep can cause this common symptom during the day
What is fatigue?
Talking with a licensed mental health professional is a form of this general treatment
What is therapy?
Myth or Fact: Only girls develop eating disorders
What is myth?
What is binge eating disorder?
Having a close family member with an eating disorder increases your risk due to this factor
What is genetics?
Untreated sleep apnea increases risk for this heart related condition
What is high blood pressure?
This machine helps keep airways open in people with sleep apnea
What is a CPAP machine?
Myth or Fact: Sleep disorders are just about being "lazy"
What is myth?
This eating disorder involves extreme restriction of food and fear of gaining weight
What is anorexia nervosa?
Experiencing trauma or chronic stress is this type of risk factor
What is a psychological/environmental factor?
Electrolyte imbalances from purging can lead to this life threatening heart emergency
What is cardiac arrest?
This type of therapy helps people change negative thought patterns related to food and body image
What is cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT)?
Myth or Fact: Someone must look underweight to have an eating disorder
What his myth?
This disorder involves binge eating followed by purging behaviors like vomiting
What is bulimia nervosa?
Irregular sleep schedules and too much screen time before bed increase risk for this disorder
What is insomnia?
Frequent vomiting in bulimia can damage this part of the teeth
What is enamel?
In severe eating disorder cases, patients may require treatment at this higher level of care where they stay overnight
What is inpatient or residential treatment?
Myth or Fact: Eating disorders and sleep disorders are influenced by biological, psychological, and social factors
What is fact?
This sleep disorder involves breathing repeatedly stopping during sleep, often causing loud snoring, and daytime fatigue
What is sleep apnea?
Low levels of serotonin in the brain are this type of contributing factor
What is a biological/chemical imbalance factor?
Severe anorexia can cause dangerously slow heart rate, known as this condition
What is bradycardia?
Early treatment is linked to this type of long term outcome
What is a better prognosis or higher recovery rate?
This harmful stereotype suggests people can "just eat normally" if they try hard enough
What is the belief that eating disorders are a choice?