APA
American Psychiatric Association
the APA (American Psychiatric Association) classifies eating disorders as
mental disorder
eating disorders
- anorexia
- bulimia
- binge-eating
- compulsive overeating
- compulsive overexercising
- night-eating syndrome
- sleep eating disorder
dh is ethically responsible to help
pt access healthcare
- care is enhanced by pt-centred collaborative practice approach
- dh may be first health professional to identify oral and physical
manifestations of eating disorders
interprofessional collaboration pt centered is recognized as being important to
pt tx and recovery
purge-type eating (bulimia) can result in
tooth sensitivity
anorexia nervosa
"loss of appetite"
- mental illness
- suppresses and denies sensation of hunger
2 types
1. restrictive
, 2. binge eating & purging
3 diagnostic criterias
a) restriction of eating required nutritional needs, significant low body weight
b) fear of being fat
c) lack of recognition, distorted view of body
restrictive anorexia
weight loss thru
- dieting
- fasting
- excessive exercise
binge-eating and purging anorexia
purging like
- self induced vomiting,
- misuse of laxatives
- enemas in addition to binge eating
factors of anorexia
- depression
- anxiety disorders
- substance abuse
- self injurious
- restricted affect and capacity for insight
can become MEDICALLY AND PHYSCHIATRACIALLY compromised
primary symptoms of anorexia
- refusing to maintain body weight
- food reduction
- weight loss viewed as SELF CONTROL
- fear of being fat
- denial of serious medical implications
- loss of menstrual cycles
medical consequences of anorexia nervosa
- depressive and social dysfunction
- leukopenia, mild anemia
- dehydration leading to renal failure; check salivary flow
- amenorrhea (no period), and osteoporosis (in jaw, facial bones)
- constipation, cold intolerance, lethargy, excessive energy
- hypotension, hypertension, bradycardia
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