Eating+Disorders


 * Eating Disorders**


 * 1. List the DSM-IV diagnostic criteria for anorexia nervosa and bulimia nervosa.**


 * 2. Discuss how the following factors pretain to eating disorders: genetic factors,dynamics, predisposition to depression, and personality pathology.**


 * 3. Know the epidemiology of eating disorders.**


 * 4. Expound theories that explain why eating disorders are found predominately among females.**


 * 5. Discuss the effects of starvation in anorexia nervosa on the following systems: cardiovascular, hemoatologic, gastrointestinal, metabolic, dermatologic, reproductive, and skeletal.**


 * 6. Present the role of medications in the treatment of anorexia nervosa and bulimia nervosa.**


 * 7. Outline the key elements of cognitive behavioral therapy for bulimia nervosa.**


 * 8. Understand the psychiatric and physical morbidity of eating disorders.**


 * 9. Discuss the etiology and treatment of rumination disorder in infant and adult populations.**


 * 10. Explain the different diagnosis and etiology theories of pica.**