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| Eating disorder involving recurrent episodes of uncontrolled excessive (binge) eating followed by compensatory actions to remove the food. |
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| RElatively brief episode of uncontrolled, excessive consumption, usually of food or alcohol. |
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| Eating disorder characterized by recurrent food refusal, leading to dangerously low body weight. |
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| Excess of body fat resulting in a body mass index (a ratio of weight to height) of 30 or more. |
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| In the eating disorder bulimia nervosa, the self-induced vomiting or laxative abuse used to compensate for excessive food ingestion. |
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| binge-eating disorder (BED) |
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| Pattern of eating involving distress-inducing binges not followed by purging behaviors; being considered as a new DSM diagnostic category. |
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| Surgical approach to extreme obesity, usually accomplished by stapling the stomach to create a small stomach pouch or bypassing the stomach through gastric bypass surgery. |
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| rapid eye movement (REM) sleep |
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| Periodic intervals of sleep during which the eyes move rapidly from side to side, and dreams occur, but the body is inactive. |
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| Problem in getting to sleep or in obtaining sleep of sufficient quality. |
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| Abnormal behavior such as a nightmare or sleepwalking that occurs during sleep. |
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| polysomnographic (PSG) evaluation |
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| Assessment of sleep disorders in which a client sleeping in the lab is monitored for heart, muscle, respiration, brain wake and other functions. |
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| Small electronic device that is worn on the wrist like a watch and records body movements. This device can be used to record sleep-wake cycles. |
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| Percentage of time actually spent sleeping of the total time spent in bed. |
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| Short, seconds-long period of sleep that occurs when someone has been deprived of sleep. |
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| Difficulty in initiating, maintaining, or gaining from sleep; not related to other medical or psychological problems. |
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| In a person with insomnia, the worsened sleep problems that can occur when medications are used to treat insomnia and then withdrawn. |
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| Abnormally excessive sleep. A person with this condition falls asleep several times a day. |
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| circadian rhythm sleep disorder |
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| Sleep disturbance resulting in sleepiness or insomnia, caused by the body's inability to synchronize its sleep patterns with the current pattern of day and night. |
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| Episode of apparent awakening from sleep, accompanied by signs of panic and followed by disorientation and amnesia for the incident. Sleep terrors occur during nonrapid eye movement sleep and so do not involved frightening dreams (nightmares). |
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| Parasomnia that involves leaving the bed during nonrapid eye movement sleep. |
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| Repeated sleepwalking that occurs during nonrapid eye movement sleep and so is not the acting out of a dream. The person is difficult to waken and does not recall the experience. |
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| The chief motivating factor in both anorexia and bulimia is? |
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| An overwhelming desire to be thin. |
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| Amy is a young woman who is very competitive and comes from a high-achieving, wealthy family. She is very social and likes the fact that she is quite popular. She believes that her popularity is dependent on the weight and shape of her body. Amy has a boyfriend but worries that she may care more about their relationship than he does. What is the feature that puts Amy most at risk for an eating disorder such as bulimia? |
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| Her belief that her weight and body shape influence her popularity. |
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| Some of the most convincing evidence that helps to explain the observed increase in the incidence of anorexia and bulimia over the past half century is? |
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| The decrease in the weight of both Miss America contestants and Playboy centerfold models. (Media.) |
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| What typically characterizes the families of anorexia patients? |
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| Concern with external appearances, perfectionism, and high achievement. |
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| An important aspect of the cognitive-behavioral approach to the treatment of bulimia is that it involves: |
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| changing patients' dysfunctional thoughts regarding their weight and previous weight control strategies. |
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| The term "primary" in the diagnosis of primary insomnia refers to the fact that: |
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| The sleep disturbance is not due to another medical or psychiatric condition. |
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| Benzodiazepine medication is not recommended as a long-term solution for the treatment of insomnia because? |
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| It can cause excessive sleepiness that may persist during the day. Rebound insomnia may occur after the medication is discontinued. As well as the addictive properties of these medications. |
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| The term "sleep hygiene" refers to: |
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| Lifestyle behaviors that facilitate sleep. |
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