Self-Induced Vomiting, Fasting, Excessive Exercise, and Abuse of Medications Such

question 10

Multiple Choice

Self-induced vomiting, fasting, excessive exercise, and abuse of medications such as laxatives and diuretics, are consistent with which diagnostic feature of bulimia nervosa? This question is based on the Faces Interactive Bulimia Nervosa Module

• A) Recurrent episodes of binge eating
• B) Recurrent inappropriate behaviours to prevent weight gain
• C) Recurrent depressive mood
• D) Preoccupation with body shape and weight

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Definitions:

Voluntarily

Acting or done of one's own free will without external compulsion or coercion.

Eyeball

Slang for estimating or measuring something by sight without the use of instruments.

Synaptic Response

The process by which a neuron responds to neurotransmitters released by another neuron at the synapse.

Voluntary Eye Movements

The deliberate control of eye movement to focus the eyes on objects of interest.