Types of ED
The 5 EDs that one can be diagnosed with according to the DSM 5.
What is anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa, binge-eating disorder, ARFID, and OSFED?
The names of the 2 people whose personal experiences with eating disorders were discussed.
What is Hannah Lea with ARFID & Katie with Anorexia?
The eating disorder that has been most extensively researched.
What is anorexia nervosa?
True or False: Treatment for eating disorders is the same for adolescents and adults.
What is false?
Case study: Someone is showing the 3 following symptoms: Eating until they’re uncomfortably full, eating alone due to embarrassment, and eating large amounts of food even when they’re not hungry. What disordered eating is this person struggling with?
What is binge-eating disorder?
What Katie did after her recovery to help others struggling with anorexia.
What is write a book?
Explanation as to why anorexia nervosa is difficult to study within a laboratory setting.
What is due to the complications with malnutrition?
Why might psychedelics be a potential treatment for eating disorders?
They can quickly rewire existing pathways relating to the self and ego and may reduce rigid thought patterns.
The disorder primarily driven by a fear of weight gain, uses extreme restriction to reduce anxiety.
What is anorexia nervosa?
Name one of the fearful triggers involved with eating that may discourage people with ARFID, like Hannah Lea, from trying new foods.
What are choking, vomiting, & other sensory sensitivities?
Dysfunction in this brain network that is responsible for self-referential thinking and rumination may indicate a biological predisposition for anorexia nervosa.
What is the default mode network?
Name 2 treatment options we discussed that can be possibilities for those struggling with eating disorders.
Various answers: e.g. cognitive behavioral therapy, family therapy, exposure therapy, SSCM
This disorder is a result of avoidance of food due to sensory sensitivity, fear of choking/vomiting, or general low interest in eating.
What is ARFID (avoidant/restrictive food intake disorder)?
The primary driver that led to Katie's anxiety and her eventual development of anorexia nervosa.
What is persistent weight-related bullying beginning in early childhood?
Name 2 structures/areas of the brain involved in the development of eating disorders.
Various answers: dmPFC, ventral striatum, amygdala, visual cortex, default mode network
This alternative intervention is considered when first-line and second-line treatments for eating disorders fail.
various answers: VR, ketamine, electromagnetic neuromodulation
Briefly explain the purge cycle associated with bulimia nervosa.
Various answers: The core issue in bulimia is fear of weight gain, which leads to a binge to cope with this fear, but following the brief anxiolytic effects of the binge, guilt sinks in. This then leads to the purge, and so the cycle begins.
_____ _____ , a type of cognitive behavioral therapy that helps clients confront their fears in a controlled environment, has helped Hannah Lea manage her ARFID diagnosis.
What is exposure therapy?
In a few words, explain the role of the hypoactivity in the dmPFC (dorsomedial prefrontal cortex) in eating disorders?
Reduced dmPFC activity --> increased need for external validation and fear of social rejection
This treatment is the best for those struggling with anorexia nervosa, combining nutritional rehab with supportive psychotherapy.
What is SSCM? (Specialist Supportive Clinical Management)