A Patient Who Has a Maladaptive Response to Eating Regulation

question 2

Multiple Choice

A patient who has a maladaptive response to eating regulation says,"I know my parents are already upset about me losing so much weight,but I need to lose a lot more to be at a weight that doesn't make me feel fat." This statement suggests that the best treatment setting for this patient would be:

• A) the hospital.
• B) an outpatient program.
• C) a day treatment program.
• D) at home with weekly nursing visits.

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Definitions:

Population Mean

The average of a set of values or measurements in the entire population.

Critical Value

A specific position in the test distribution used for comparison with the test statistic in order to make a decision about rejecting the null hypothesis.

Confidence Interval

A range of values, derived from the sample data, that is likely to contain the value of an unknown population parameter with a certain degree of confidence.

Sample Size

The number of observations or datapoints collected in a subset of a larger population.