eating disorders

anorexia nervosa

Restriction of food that leads to very low body weight; body weight is significantly below normal

Bulimia nervosa

Recurrent episodes of bingeeating • Recurrent compensatory behaviors to prevent weight gain

binge eating disorder

Diagnosis of BED should not be given in the presence of either BN or AN (however patients with BED can have past histories of other eating disorders as well as infrequent inappropriate compensatory behaviors)

key difference between anorexia and bulimia

The key difference is weight loss:

• People with anorexia nervosa lose a tremendous amount of weight

• usually people will bulimia stay the same weight or gain a bit

2 types of anorexia nervosa

restricting type and binge-eating type

difference between binge eating /purging type anorexia nervosa and bulimia

• If a person is underweight, they are diagnosed with Anorexia, even if they binge and purge.

• If they are not underweight, but still binge and purge, it's Bulimia

Amenorrhea

loss of a mentrual cycle

used to be in the DSM-4 as a criteria for women to be considered to have an eating disorder, but was removed for the DSM 5 since there were many exceptions found to the rule

postprandial

period after lunch or dinner

euthymic

a normal, tranquil mental state or mood

how do diagnosis of eating disorders change over time?

Milos et al., 2005

2/3 of individuals change diagnosis within 30 months

• EDNOS is the most fluid category, acting as a common intermediate or transition point

How do people who end up being diagnosed with bulimia discover they have then disorder?

Most people with BN tend to seek help because of complications of the disorder rather than dissatisfaction with the eating behavior.