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Consequences of binge eating - ANSWER * increased body fat* Weight gain, risk for obesity
* Increase in psychological symptoms
* Social role adjustment problems
* Impaired health-related quality of life and life satisfaction
* Increased medical morbidity and mortality
* Increased health care utilization compared with BMI-matched controlled
subject
* may represent a prodromal; phase of eating disorders for some individuals.
The most common comorbid disorders are bipolar, depressive, anxiety and to a
lesser degree, SAD.
Binge eating diagnosis and clinical features - ANSWER * Eating more rapidly
than normal and to the point of being uncomfortably full.
* Eating large amounts of food when not hungry.
* Eating alone.
* Binges must occur at least once a week for at least 3 months.
What symptoms might children with ADHD present with? - ANSWER
Inattentive: forgetful, unorganized, distracted, loses things, does not follow
through,
Hyperactivity: leaves seat, on-the-go, interrupts, taps hands or feet, talk
excessively
,In Tourette's disorder, copropraxia and coprolalia identifies what? - ANSWER
Coprophenomena
Define copropraxia - ANSWER involuntary display of obscene gestures. Tic
like sexual or obscene gestures.
Coprolalia is: uttering, socially unacceptable words, including obscenities', or
ethnical or racial, or religious slurs
Describe symptoms of schizophrenia according to the DSM-5: A. 2 or more of
the following, each present for a significant portion of the time during a 1-
month period. At least one must be 1,2,or 3.
1. Delusions
2. Hallucinations.
3. Disorganized speech
4. Grossly disorganized or catatonic behavior.
schizophrenia table: positive psychotic symptoms: - ANSWER Hallucinations
Delusions
Schizophrenia table: positive disorganized symptoms: - ANSWER 1.
Disorganized speech, though, language.
2.Thought disorder characterization: thought blocking, loosening of association,
tangentiality
3. Disorganized behavior
Schizophrenia table: negative symptoms - ANSWER 1. Alogia (poverty of
speech)
2. Flat affect
, 3. Poor attention
4. Avolition (loss of motivation)
5. Anhedonia (lack of pleasure)
6. Loss of social interest.
7. Attention deficits.
At what age is schizophrenia usually diagnosed? - ANSWER Psychotic
features of schizophrenia typically emerge between the late teens and the mid-
30's; onset prior to adolescence is rare.
Males: 18-25
Females: 25-35.
Which neurotransmitters are implicated in psychosis? - ANSWER 1.
Dopamine: lead to hallucinations & delusions.
2. Glutamate: low areas lead to change in dopamine levels.
3. Serotonin: may be increased
4. Gaba: low levels may predispose to hallucinations.
5. Norepinephrine- may be decreased.
Define characteristics of bulimia: - ANSWER Recurrent episodes of binge
eating. 1 x week for 3 months.
* episodes of "binge eating" is defined as eating, in a discrete period of time, an
amount of food that is definitely larger than most individual's would eat in a
similar period of time under similar circumstances.
* must be accompanied by a sense of lack of control.
* A number have described a dissociative quality during, or following the binge
eating episodes.
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