PSY 3171 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Sleep Disorder, Relapse Prevention, Methadone

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSY 3171
• Professor: Mark Coates

Document Summary

Intense anxiety about weight gain or becoming fat, despite being underweight: significant disturbance in perception of size or shape of body, or denial or seriousness of current low body weight; Inappropriate compensatory behaviour: self-induced vomiting, misuse of laxatives, diuretics, enemas, or medication, fasting, excessive exercise, shame about eating is common - binges usually take place in secret, and usually involves rapid consumption; Individuals with bulimia are typically within normal weight range, but can be slightly over or underweight. In competitive athletes, if suffering from one of these quite likely to have the others: disordered eating, abnormal periods, osteoporosis, particularly common in aesthetic sports (gymnastics, diving, ballet, figure skating) and endurance sports (running, x-country skiing) Eating disorders etiology: genetics account for 50% of variance in eating disorders, serotonin dysregulation (lower 5-ht levels), social-cultural factors: Impulsivity: emotionality, poor interoceptive awareness, traumatic or adverse events may precipitate eds, but are not thought to be causal.