Deck 11: Feeding and Eating Disorders

Question 1

Medications used to treat bulimia nervosa include

A) SSRI's, antidepressants, and topiramate
B) SSRI's, antidepressants, and zonisamide
C) SSRI's and topiramate
D) Medication has not been proven effective

Answer 1

SSRI's, antidepressants, and topiramate

Question 2

Restricting type anorexia can be described as

A) Losing weight through dieting and sometimes exercise
B) Losing weight through dieting and exercise
C) Losing weight through dieting and sometimes purging, excessive exercise, and/or laxative use
D) Losing weight through purging, excessive exercise, and/or laxative use

Answer 2

Losing weight through dieting and sometimes exercise

Question 3

Family treatment is especially important in which of the following disorders:

A) Bulimia
B) Pica
C) Binge eating disorder
D) Anorexia

Answer 3

Anorexia

Question 4

The following are components of cognitive behavioral therapy in treating anorexia

A) Weight restoration, transitioning control back to the adolescent, and termination
B) Psychoeducation, modifying treatment plan, and relapse prevention
C) Documenting food intake, finding alternatives to ED behaviors, and correcting faulty cognitions
D) Weight restoration, psychoeducation, and correcting faulty cognitions

Question 5

The first step in dialectical behavior therapy for bulimia is

A) Improving interpersonal effectiveness
B) Addressing mood regulation issues
C) Targeting life-threatening behaviors
D) Increasing mindfulness

Question 6

Binge eating disorder differs from regular over-eating in that

A) It is often done in the presence of others
B) It is associated with more weight gain
C) Individuals feel a loss of control over their behavior
D) Binge eating episodes generally last longer

Question 7

Pica involves

A) Refusing certain foods based on sensory characteristics
B) The consumption of non-food substances
C) Repeated regurgitation of swallowed or partially digested food
D) Weight loss primarily through dieting

Question 8

Pica is most common among

A) Children under age 2
B) Women
C) Men
D) Individuals with a developmental or intellectual disability

Question 9

Rumination disorder involves

A) Obsessive regretful thoughts regarding past mistakes
B) Refusing certain foods based on sensory characteristics
C) The consumption of non-food substances
D) Repeated regurgitation of swallowed or partially digested food

Question 10

Contingency management in avoidant/restrictive food intake disorder involves

A) Evaluating antecedents and consequences to target problem behavior
B) Reinforcing desired behaviors and gradually introducing child to new eating habits
C) Modeling of healthy eating by parents
D) Forcing child to eat restricted foods

Question 11

In rumination disorder, aversive techniques and positive reinforcement involves

A) Pairing unpleasant stimuli with regurgitation and positive stimuli with reduction in regurgitation
B) Teaching relaxation methods and distracting the child from the urge to regurgitate
C) Eating slower and more often, and oral stimulation
D) Parental modeling, teaching, and endorsement of healthy eating habits (i.e., not regurgitating)

Question 12

One potential cause of rumination disorder in children includes:

A) Being over or under fed
B) Having a comorbid medical condition
C) Poor parent-child relations
D) Bullying

Question 13

Environmental restructuring in pica treatment involves

A) Replacing the urge to eat non-food substances with other behaviors
B) Positively reinforcing improvement behaviors
C) Closely monitoring the environment and removing non-food items
D) Pairing aversive stimuli with the eating of non-food substances

Question 14

Avoidant/restrictive food intake disorder involves

A) Refusing to eat certain foods based on sensory characteristics
B) Weight loss through restrictive dieting
C) The consumption of non-food substances
D) Repeated regurgitation of swallowed or partially digested food

Question 15

Which treatment for avoidant/restrictive food intake disorder involves reinforcing desired behaviors and gradually introducing the child to new eating habits?

A) Shaping
B) Contingency management
C) Parent training and family counseling
D) Positive Reinforcement

Question 16

Satiation in rumination disorder involves

A) Oral stimulation
B) Eating less often
C) Eating faster
D) Eating from all food groups

Question 17

Which of the following is involved in behavioral management in treating pica disorder?

A) Classical conditioning
B) Controlling the environment
C) Visual screening/blocking
D) Positive reinforcement

Question 18

Binge eating disorder is most common among which group:

A) Men
B) Women
C) Children
D) It is equally common among each of these groups

Question 19

Discuss the use of dialectical behavior therapy in binge eating disorder and bulimia.

Question 20

Discuss the steps of enhanced cognitive-behavior therapy for eating disorders in anorexia and how it differs from cognitive-behavioral therapy.