Learning Objectives
After completion of the course you’ll be able to:
- Describe the prevalence of eating disorders in the United States and Identify population groups most affected by them.
- Describe the causes of eating disorders in terms of personal, genetic and environmental, biological, psychological, family, social, and trigger factors.
- Describe the behavioral patterns of someone with an eating disorder in terms of food, appearance, exercise, thinking and emotions.
- Describe the medical complications of eating disorders.
- Describe the etiology of anorexia nervosa and list its 5 typical signs.
- Describe bulimia nervosa and list its 5 typical signs.
- List 6 signs of binge eating disorder.
- Distinguish between bulimia and binge eating disorders.
- Identify diagnostic characteristics of binge eating disorder.
- Describe the complications of binge eating.
- Describe the treatment options for someone with a binge eating disorder.
- Define six most common eating disorders, provide their characteristics and danger signs and identify the population group affected.
- Distinguish between anorexia nervosa and bulimia nervosa.
- Provide the diagnostic characteristics and nursing interventions for each of the six eating disorders.
- Identify eating disorders that are officially recognized by the American Psychiatric Association.
- Explain the national obsession with being thin and the impact advertising and entertainment media have on young men and women.
- Provide at least 4 nursing interventions to a teenager who may be dangerously dieting and exercising to be thin.
- Describe the treatment protocol for eating disorders and present treatment options in terms of hospitalization, medication, and therapy.
- Explain the complex interaction of emotional and physiological problems in eating disorders.
- Describe the role of individual psychotherapy, family therapy and cognitive-behavioral therapy in the treatment of eating disorders.
- List four general kinds of antidepressants, provide names of available drugs under each category and their success in the treatment of bulimia nervosa.
- Explain the popularity of prozac as an antidepressant drugs.
- Describe the role of antidepressants in the treatment of anorexia nervosa and compulsive overeating.
- Provide help–in terms of referrals, resources and understanding–to an eating disorder patient.
- List 8 things to do and 9 things not to do while helping the patient.
- Formulate questions to ask of a potential therapist.
- List resources and sources of information to help an eating disorder patient.
- Formulate an action plan with specific guidelines for friends and relatives of people with eating disorders.
- Write and say several examples of “I” and “You” statements that may help or hurt the patient.
- Define various population groups who are trying to lose weight.
- List 5 reasons for which Americans try to lose weight.
- List 7 commons methods used for weight loss.
- Discuss various weight loss methods with respect to their effectiveness in facilitating weight loss.
- Discuss short- and long-term benefits and adverse effects of weight loss.
- Discuss fundamental principles that should be used to select a personal weight loss and control strategy.
- List four factors that should be considered in evaluating a weight loss method program.
- Specify and discuss at least 6 major areas for future research on weight loss and control.
- Discuss the impact of group pressure in the development of eating disorders among young women.
- Distinguish between the pattern of eating disorders between men and women.
- Identify the causes and characteristics of eating disorders among men.
- Describe the behavioral pattern of an exercise addict.
- Identify the similarities between the profile of an exercise addict and that of a bulimic or an anorexic.
- List 5 telltale signs of exercise addiction.