Summary Lecture Notes - 3.5 Eating, Sex and Sleep

3.5 Basic Human Needs:
Eating, Sex and Sleep



Lectures

, Lecture 1 → Eating
● Eating disorders diagnostics (differences & similarities)
○ Anorexia nervosa
○ Boulimia nervosa
○ Binge eating disorder
○ ARFID
○ Pica
○ Core psychopathology is the same in all disorders
● Lived experience
○ There used to be much less treatment options
● Transdiagnostic formulation
○ Function of eating disorder → control, weight, body image, negative thoughts &
emotions, loneliness, shame
○ Isolation → internal
○ Transdiagnostic model
■ What is the biggest problem? → often binges (subjective/objective)




● CBT-E treatment (cognitive behavioral therapy - enhanced)
○ Stage 1 → 2x sessions per week (7-8 sessions)
■ Set up formulation of underlying maintaining factors
■ Find out how transdiagnostic model works for the patients
■ Weekly weigh ins, desensitization to own weight & falsify catastrophic
beliefs
■ Meal plan (eat 6x per day to avoid binges, ⅔ of binges are caused by lack
of food)