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Melani1276

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Which of the following statements best describes the biologic theories of the etiology of eating disorders?
 
  A) Eating disorders involve dysregulation of multiple neurotransmitter systems and may be influenced by behavioral, cultural, and familial factors.
  B) Eating disorders involve dysregulation of the serotonergic system and have a strong genetic component.
  C) Eating disorders result from family dysfunction involving a controlling mother; neurotransmitter dysfunction is a result, not a cause, of the eating disorder.
  D) Eating disorders involve dysregulation of multiple neurotransmitter systems, whether as a cause or an effect of the eating disorder, and may be influenced by behavioral, cultural, and familial factors.

Question 2

The school nurse is evaluating a 16-year-old student who came to the office complaining of dizziness.
 
  The student is very thin and was pacing in the office while waiting to see the nurse. The nurse asks her to step on the scale. The student asks if she can go to the bathroom first to empty her bladder, stating, That can make a big difference. The student's comment raises the nurse's suspicion that the student may have:
  A) Anorexia nervosa
  B) Binge-eating disorder
  C) Bulimia nervosa
  D) Eating disorder not otherwise specified



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Answer to Question 1

Ans: D
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Eating disorders can be best understood in terms of a multifactorial etiology. Most experts agree that anorexia and bulimia develop from a complex interaction of individual, family, and sociocultural factors. Research strongly suggests that eating disorders may originate in part from hypothalamic, hormonal, neurotransmitter, or biochemical disturbances. Whether the biologic abnormalities seen in clients with eating disorders contribute to the disorders or are secondary to the dysregulation in the eating behavior remains unclear.

Answer to Question 2

Ans: A
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Anorexia is characterized by a voluntary refusal to eat and typically a weight less than 85 of what is considered normal for height and age. Clients with anorexia have a distorted body image and, to the bewilderment of others, view their emaciated bodies as fat.



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