Eating/Feeding Disorders
A type of compensatory behavior that can include vomiting, laxative use, excessive exercise, etc.
What is purging?
What is PTSD?
The number of hours an adult should sleep each night
What is 7-9?
Most common symptom of somatic symptom disorder
What is pain?
Male sexual disorder in which age is the biggest factor
A disorder more common in adolescent females, especially those who are athletes in sports where being lean is advantageous
What is anorexia nervosa?
Disorder that develops after exposure to a highly stressful event that is diagnosed 3 days to 1 month following the event
What is acute stress disorder?
A common disorder that shift workers (nurses) can develop
What is a circadian rhythm sleep disorder?
A disorder characterized by excessive worry of developing a serious medical condition in which the patient continuously self-scans for symptoms
What is illness anxiety disorder?
A characteristic that can develop in a person with conduct disorder in which they have no remorse or guilt for actions
What is callousness?
A disorder characterized by eating non-food items such as laundry detergent, dirt, clay, paper, etc.
What is pica?
The feeling of being detached from one's surroundings
What is derealization?
The stage of NREM sleep that occupies 45-55% of total sleep time in which the heart rate and respiratory rate slows
What is stage 2?
The absence of psychological distress despite having a serious medical condition
What is the La belle indifference?
A disorder more common in males, especially those with poor social skills and learning disabilities
What is pyromania?
The only FDA-approved drug to treat bulimia nervosa
What is fluoxetine (Prozac)?
Condition with a high suicide risk in which the patient has two or more personality states
What is dissociative identity disorder?
One treatment that worsens symptoms of restless legs syndrome?
What are SSRIs, SNRIs, antihistamines, or dopamine blockers?
A disorder in which the person has conscious control and intentionally produces or feigns symptoms for attention
What is factitious disorder?
A paraphilic disorder characterized by the individual seeking sexual arousal by secretly viewing others in intimate settings
What is voyeuristic disorder:?
Most common eating disorder that commonly occurs in women and those that are overweight
What is binge eating?
A type of dissociative amnesia in which a person suddenly travels and then is unable to recall their identity and/or personal information
What is dissociative fugue?
What does each "P" stand for in Spielman's 3 P model?
What is predisposing factors, precipitating factors, and perpetuating factors?
A disorder characterized by paralysis, blindness, gait issues, etc. without a neurological cause
What is conversion disorder?
The medication that should be avoided in patients with impulse control disorders
What are benzodiazepines?