A disorder marked by the pursuit of extreme thinness and by extreme weight loss
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Restricting-type Anorexia Nervosa
A pattern of anorexia where one reduces their weight by restricting their intake of food
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Binge-eating/Purging-type Anorexia Nervosa
A pattern of anorexia where one reduces their weight by forcing themselves to vomit after meals or by abusing laxatives or diuretics
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Amenorrhea
The absence of menstrual cycles
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Bulimia Nervosa
A disorder in which people engage in binges and compensatory behaviors
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Binge
A repeated episode of uncontrollable overeating
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Multidimensional Risk Perspective
A theory that identifies several kinds of risk factors that are thought to combine to help cause a disorder
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Alexithymic
A person who has great difficulty putting descriptive labels on their feelings
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Hypothalamus
A part of the brain that helps regulate various bodily functions, including eating and hunger
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Lateral Hypothalamus
Part of the hypothalamus that produces hunger when its activated
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Ventromedial Hypothalamus
Part of the hypothalamus that reduces hunger when its activated
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GLP-1
Natural appetite suppressant
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Weight Set Point
The weight level that a person is predisposed to maintain, controlled in part by the hypothalamus
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Weight Set Point Theory
When people diet and fall to a weight below their weight set point, their brain starts trying to restore that lost weight
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Metabolic Rate
The rate at which the body expends energy
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Enmeshed Family Pattern
A family system in which members are overinvolved with each others affairs and overly concerned about each others welfare
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Motivational Interviewing
An intervention that uses a mixture of empathy and inquiring review to help motivate clients to recognize they have a serious eating problem and commit to making constructive choices and behavior changes
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Nutritional Rehab
Helping clients to eliminate their binge-burge patterns and establish good eating habits
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Exposure and Response Prevention
Require clients to eat particular kinds and amounts of food and then prevent them from vomiting
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Interpersonal Psychotherapy
Treatment that is used to help improve interpersonal functioning
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Body Project
A program that offers weekly group sessions where members are guided through exercises that critique Western societys beauty ideals
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Cognitive Dissonance Theory (CDT)
When people adopt new attitudes that contradict their other attitudes and behaviors, theyll experience emotional discomfort that they seek to eliminate by changing their old attitudes and behaviors
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