glossary.feast-ed.orgEating Disorders Glossary

Search this site F.E.A.S.T.'s 1. Types of disorders and disturbances Anorexia Nervosa Appetite loss secondary to depression Binge eating disorder (BED) Binge eating episodes Bulimia nervosa (BN) Compensatory Behaviors Compulsive or compensatory exercise Compulsive Overeating Diabulimia Disordered Eating Eating disorder Eating Disorder not Otherwise Specified (EDNOS) Extreme exercising Feeding Disorder of Infancy or Early Childhood Female Athlete Triad Food avoidance emotional disorder (FAED) Food refusal Functional dysphagia Hyperphagia Marasmus Muscle dysmorphia (also called Reverse anorexia or Bigorexia) Night Eating Syndrome (NES) Obesity Orthorexia Overeating Overweight PANDAS Pathorexia Pervasive refusal syndrome Pica Picky eating Prader Willi syndrome (PWS) Purging disorder Restrictive eating Rumination disorder Selective eating 2. Symptoms and behaviors Acting Out: (Verbally-Physically-Behaviorally) Amenorrhea Anger Anorexic behavior/temperament Anorexic debate Anorexic identity Anorexic voice Anosognosia/anosognosic Appetite Appetite Suppressants Body checking Calorie Calorie counting Chewing & Spitting (Chew-spit) Cognitive distortions Denial Dishonesty Eating rituals Environmental triggers Fear of fatness Food Preoccupation Forbidden foods General Symptoms of Eating Disorders Irritability Ketosis Lactose intolerance Lanugo Perfectionism Perseveration Prevalence of Eating Disorders Purge, purging Restriction, restricting Vegan Vegetarian, vegetarianism 3. Treatment & medical management Age of onset Anemia Azotemia Barrett's Esophagus Biochemical Imbalance Blind Weights or blind weigh-In Body Fat Percentage Body image Body image distortion Body Mass Index (BMI) Bone density scan Bone marrow hypoplasia Bradycardia Calcium Callused fingers Carbohydrates ("carbs") Cardiac arrhythmias (also called dysrhythmia or palpitations) Cerebral atrophy Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Constipation Continuum of Care [continuity of care] Cramps, tetany Day Treatment, Day Hospital, Partial Hospitalization Programs (PHP) Dehydration Delayed gastric emptying (gastroparesis) Dental complications (enamel loss, cavities, tooth loss) Diet Dietitian Diuretics Edema Electrolyte imbalance/Disturbances Electrolytes Elevated Blood Sugar/Glucose (Hyperglycemia) Esophageal erosion Esophagus, tearing of Essential Fatty Acids, Omega-3, Omega-6, Fish Oil F.E.A.S.T. Family Therapist Fat Fat phobia Finger clubbing/swelling Fluid loading/Water loading Food Gastric distention Gastric rupture Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease (GERD) Gastrointestinal difficulties Gastrostomy feeding Graded refeeding Growth retardation Gum disease Hair symptoms High blood sugar or hyperglycemia Hunger Hypochloremia Hypokalemic alkalosis or acidosis Hypomagnesaemia Hypophosphatemia Hypotension or low blood pressure Hypothalamic hypogonadism Hypothermia (low body temperature) Ideal body weight (IBW) Infertility Inpatient hospital treatment (IP) Insomnia Ipecac Syrup Iron Deficiency Low blood sugar (hypoglycemia) Mallory-Weiss tear Malnutrition Metabolic Rate Mortality Muscle Atrophy Myocardial toxicity Nails symptoms Nasogastric (NG) feeding Nutrition Nutritionist/Dietitian Open weigh-in Oral nutritional supplements Osteopenia Osteoporosis Outpatient treatment Pancreatitis Parenteral Nutrition (PN) and Total Parenteral Nutrition (TPN) Pelvic ultrasound scanning Peptic Ulcers Pregnancy problems Prevention programs Purgative Refeeding (also called renutrition) Refeeding syndrome Refractory Renal (kidney) complications Residential treatment/ residential care (RC) Russell's Sign Satiety Seizures Set-point theory Skin symptoms Stages of recovery Swollen parotid glands (chipmunk cheeks) Symptom Substitution or Crossover Target weight Taste Therapeutic Meals/Snacks Variety (in refeeding) Vitamin D Water loading Weakness and Fatigue Weigh-in Procedures Weight Manipulation Weight restoration, weight restored Weight/Length Conversion Zinc 4. Biology & pharmacology Antidepressants BDNF - brain-derived neurotophic factor Brain and Neurobiology of Eating Disorders Cortisol Dopamine Drug/food interactions Endorphins Generic Drug Genes Genetic predisposition Leptin Monoamine oxidase inhibitors (MAOI) Neuroleptics Neurotransmitter Norepinephrine Over-the Counter Drugs (OTC) Pre-Pubertal/Pre-Pubescent (pre-adolescent) onset Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitor (SSRI) Serotonin Tricyclic antidepressants (TCAs) Vasopressin 5. Psychology and therapies Alexithymia Art Therapy Autonomy Behavioral Systems Family Therapy (BSFT) Black-or-white (all-or-nothing) thinking Central coherence Cognition Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) and Enhanced Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT-E) Cognitive remediation therapy (CRT) Conjoint Family Therapy (CFT) Contingency Management Coping Skills/Mechanisms Dance/movement therapy Dialectical behavior therapy (DBT) Egodystonic Egosyntonic Emotional eating Empowerment Enmeshment Experiential or expressive therapies Exposure with Response Prevention & Exposure Meals/Foods Externalization Family Based Therapy (FBT) Family Systems Therapy Family unity Fear foods Food police Grieving an eating disorder Guilt Hypnotherapy, Guided Image Therapy, Relaxation Therapy Interpersonal Psychotherapy (IPT) Intuitive eating (also called normalized eating) Life events and traumatic factors Magic Plate Mandometer Method Maudsley Approach, Maudsley Therapy, Family Based Therapy (FBT) Meal Plan Mental illness Mindful eating Motivation Motivational enhancement therapy (MET) Multifamily Therapy Multiple-Family Day Treatment (MFDT) Narrative Therapy Neutral stance Nutritional Therapy Operant conditioning or behavior modification Parent Counseling/Parent Coaching with a Clinician Parent Support Group Parent-to-parent consultation Parentectomy Psychiatrist Psycho-Educational Parent Group Psychoanalysis Psychodynamic approach Psychodynamic personality theories Psychodynamic perspective Psychologist Psychosomatic family Psychotherapy, psychotherapist Recovery Relapse Relapse prevention plan Self Monitoring Self-Esteem Separated family therapy (SFT) Set-shifting Severity/intensity Sibling role Strategic Family Therapy Stress Structural Family Therapy Systematic Desensitization (graduated exposure therapy) Targeted Behavior (TB) Treatment team Treatment Team Collaboration Triggers Violence Willfulness Willingness 6. Associated or co-morbid conditions Alcohol Abuse/Dependence Anxiety Anxiety Disorder Anxiety/Panic Attack Attention Deficit Disorder (ADD) and Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) Avoidance behavior Avoidant personality disorder Bipolar Disorder Body Dysmorphic Disorder Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD) Depression Dissociative Identity Disorder Dissociative states Dysomnia Impulsive behaviors Mania Mood Disorders Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) Personality Characteristics Associated with Eating Disorders Personality disorder Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) Self-harm, self-mutilation, self-injury (SI) Skin Picking (Dermatillomania) Substance abuse Suicide, suicidal ideation Trichotillomania 7. Non-clinical terms, slang & acronyms Ana Baryphobia Bigorexia Manorexia Mia MiAna Pregorexia Pro-Ana Pro-mia Rexies Thinspiration 8. Research terms Co-morbid, co-morbidity Cohort, cohort study Compliance Consent Form Control Group Controlled trial Correlate Double-blind Enrollment Etiology Evidenced Based Treatment Fixed markers Heritability Investigator Longitudinal Study Mortality rate Multi-factorial Norms Placebo Protocol Protocol Amendment Publication Bias Randomization Risk factors Risks and Benefits Sample Sample Size Sponsor Sponsor-Investigator Validity Variable Variable markers Withdrawal 9. Diagnostic tools Body Satisfaction Scale (BSS) Body Shape Questionnaire (BSQ) Child Eating Disorder Examination (ChEDE) Children's Eating Attitudes Test (ChEAT) DSM-IV Eating Attitudes Test (EAT) Eating Disorder Examination (EDE) Eating Disorder Examination Questionnaire (EDE-Q) Eating...