Abnormal Psychology Chapter 12: Eating Disorders

Vocabulary-style flashcards covering definitions, subtypes, and treatments related to eating disorders and obesity from Chapter 12.

Anorexia nervosa

An eating disorder in which people fail to maintain body weights that are normal for their age and height and have fears of becoming fat, distorted body images, and amenorrhea.

Restricting type

A subtype of anorexia nervosa where weight loss is accomplished primarily through dieting, fasting, and/or excessive exercise, without recurrent binge eating or purging in the last $3$ months.

Binge-eating/purging type

A subtype of anorexia nervosa where, during the last $3$ months, the individual has engaged in recurrent episodes of binge eating or purging behavior.

Bulimia nervosa

An eating disorder characterized by uncontrolled eating followed by behaviors to prevent weight gain from the binges.

Binge-eating disorder

An eating disorder where people compulsively overeat but do not engage in compensatory behaviors for the overeating.

Obesity

A condition of being significantly overweight, defined by a BMI of $30$ or over.

Hypothalamus

The part of the brain that plays a central role in regulating eating and sends messages to cease eating when nutrient levels are full.

Dichotomous thinking

A cognitive style common in people with eating disorders where they judge things as either all good or all bad.

Bariatric surgery

An option for extremely obese people with a BMI of $40$ or over and at least one severe health problem, resulting in weight loss of $25-30$.$$

Interpersonal therapy (IPT)

A type of psychotherapy where the patient develops strategies to solve problems.

dsm-5 suggests a body mass index of what as healthy dsm-4 suggests...: 

18.5 kg/m2

lifetime prevalence of anorexia nervosa

0.9 in adult women 0.3 in girls 0.3 in males in US

race most likely to develop anorexia nervosa

caucasians

death rate of people with anorexia nervosa

5-9%

consequences of anorexia

cardiovascular complications (bradycardia, arrhythmia), stomach expansion, osteroporosis, kidney damage, suicide rate is 31 times higher than general pop.