Symptoms
What is the defining characteristic of Anorexia Nervosa?
What is the defining characteristic of Bulimia Nervosa?
Binge-eating followed by purging
A medical condition, such as acid reflux
What is the difference between Illness Anxiety Disorder and OCD?
People with IAD are solely concerned about health. If there were other obsessions/compulsions, OCD may be considered.
True or false: losing weight helps people with Anorexia feel satisfied with their appearance.
False
What is the primary symptom of Pica?
Eating weird stuff
What is Rumination Disorder?
Repetitive regurgitation of food
True or false: Obesity is the same as having a binge-eating disorder
False
What is a difference between Factitious Disorder and Somatic Symptom Disorder?
In Factitious Disorder, the person intentionally fabricates the physical symptom, whereas people with Somatic Symptom Disorder genuinely feel like they are experiencing the symptom.
What is the most common eating disorder among adults in the U.S?
Binge-eating Disorder
How long must Somatic Symptom Disorder symptoms be present to diagnose?
Six months
What usually follows a binge-eating episode?
Depressive moods and guilt
What cultural reasons might there be for eating patterns that might otherwise be concerning?
1. Fasting
2. Eating non-traditional foods is culturally sanctioned
What is a difference between Somatic Symptom Disorder and Illness Anxiety Disorder?
Young, educated mothers in their 20s. Often work in medical fields.
How is Conversion Disorder distinguished from an actual medical condition?
The loss of physical functioning in Conversion Disorder cannot be explained by a physiological mechanism, they often respond to physical cues that they wouldn't be able to if it was a true loss (pupils dilating), and they often recover quickly with a placebo.
Unrelenting preoccupation with mild physical symptoms best describes which condition?
Illness Anxiety Disorder
What is the difference between Munchausen's and Munchausen's by proxy?
In Munchausen's, the person with the physical "symptoms" is the person with the psychological disorder. In Munchausen's by proxy, the person with Munchausen's uses another person, typically their child, as the "patient" (and can sometimes actually make them sick).
What is the difference between ARFID and Anorexia?
Which disorder has the highest mortality rate?
Anorexia Nervosa
A diagnostic criterion for Bulimia Nervosa is that the binge-eating and purging occurs, on average, ___ for at least ___.
Once a week, 3 months
A diagnostic criteria for Anorexia restricting type is: severely limits ____ for ____ months
Calorie intake, 3 months
How might psychological factors may affect medical conditions?
1. Delaying recovery
2. Poor adherence to tx
3. Increasing health risks
4. Exacerbating symptoms
What is the difference between Anorexia - binge-eating/purging type and Bulimia?
1. People with Anorexia with binge-eating/purging typically have very low body weights
2. People with Bulimia generally engage in less self-starvation
What would be classified as "partial remission" in Anorexia Nervosa?
Full criteria was once met but hasn't been for a while, presently at a typical body weight but still intensely fearful of gaining weight, still has distorted perception of body.