Psychology Quiz: Anorexia Nervosa and Treatment

Anorexia Nervosa

• Studies suggest that family therapy is most helpful in younger patients with shorter illness.
• Patients with anorexia nervosa may require supervision for 2-3 hours after every meal because they rarely feel confident.

Medications and Treatments

• Docusate is the treatment for severe constipation in anorexic patients.
• Behavioral therapy (Systemic desensitization) is effective for resolving phobias, OCD, and anxiety disorders.
• Systemic desensitization therapy consists of relaxation training, hierarchical construction of situations in order of increasing anxiety, and desensitization of the stimulus.
• Interpersonal psychotherapy is a brief psychotherapy that focuses on resolving interpersonal problems and takes 12-16 weeks to complete.
• Psychoanalysis is used for people struggling with longstanding difficulties in the way they think and feel about themselves, their environment, and other people.

Nursing Roles and Responsibilities

• Nurse Practitioners require competency in nine content domains for entry to practice.
• When caring for a 16-year-old depressed patient with suicidal ideation, the nurse should talk to the parents and patient together to help the family discuss the patient's depression.

Child Development

• According to Mahler, the rapproachment stage of infant development is disrupted in children who develop borderline personality disorder.
• The symbiotic phase is disrupted in children who develop narcissistic personality disorder.
• The autistic stage occurs during the first weeks of life, characterized by total detachment and self-absorption, with the infant spending most of their time sleeping.
• The symbiotic phase occurs around 5 months of age.
• Separation-individuation has 3 stages: Hatching (5-9 months), Practicing (9-16 months), and Rapproachment (15-24 months).

Therapies

• Cognitive therapy is recommended for patients with negative cognitive distortions, irrational beliefs, and faulty conceptions.
• Humanistic Therapy focuses on assisting patients with self-actualization and self-directed growth.
• Behavioral Therapy focuses on changing maladaptive behaviors through the use of behavioral modification techniques.
• Existential therapy is for reflection on life and confronting self.

Mental Health

• The New Freedom Commission on Mental Health (NFCMH) suggested implementing a national campaign to reduce the stigma of seeking care and focusing on promoting recovery and building resilience.
• The efficacy of mental health treatments was found to be well-documented in an influential report issued by the US Surgeon General in 1999.
• Neuroticism is a state of high negative emotion and pessimism.
• Extraversion is associated with an optimistic outlook on life, and high levels protect from psychiatric illness.
• Introverts are more likely to be internally motivated and respond to negative reinforcement.
• Agreeableness is an interpersonal trait of cooperation, easy-going nature, and tends to have smooth relationships often at the expense of self-assertion.

This quiz tests your knowledge of anorexia nervosa, its treatment, and related topics in psychology. Questions cover supervision, family therapy, and medication administration.