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SCOFF tool - answerscreen clients for eating disorders
What are the 5 item SCOFF tool questions - answerDo you make yourself Sick because
you feel uncomfortably full?
Do you worry you have lost Control over how much you eat?
Have you recently lost more than One stone (14 pounds or 6.35 kg) in three months?
Do you believe yourself to be Fat when others say you are too thin?
Would you say that Food dominates your life?
What clinical assessment tool is designed to assess and diagnose pica and ARFID -
answerscroff
ARFID - answeravoidant/restrictive food intake disorder
Which of the following factors impact the development of eating disorders? -
answerFamily history that includes a close relative with an eating disorder, weight
stigma in the culture or family, trauma (especially physical or sexual abuse), and a
history of being bullied about weight or physical appearance may increase the risk for
eating disorders
Clients with eating disorders have what characteristics? - answerLow self esteem and
perfectionism
Anorexia nervosa is an eating disorder characterized by - answerrestrictive eating
patterns, extremely low body weight, and an intense fear of gaining weight
Initial testing for PICA - answerCBC and Zinc
First line therapy for PICA - answerPsychotherapy
What medication may be prescribed for impulsive eating? - answerOlanzapine
DSM-5-TR criteria for ARFID - answeran eating or feeding disturbance that is not due to
a food shortage or cultural practice and is associated with one or more of the following:
1. significant weight loss, 2.significant nutritional deficiency, 3.dependence on enteral
feeding or oral nutritional supplements, 4. impaired psychosocial functioning,
does not occur exclusively during the course of anorexia nervosa or bulimia nervosa,
and is not attributable to a concurrent medical condition or mental disorder.