MDU4850 Exam 2 (Quiz Qs)

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4th Century
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Demonic possession
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12th to 17th Century
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An act of God
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17th to 18th Century
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A nervous condition
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18th to 19th Century
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A medical condition
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20th Century to Present
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A psychological condition
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What kind of behaviors did St. Catherine of Sienna engage in that are similar to behaviors seen in those with present day anorexia nervosa?
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Restricted diet Vigorous exercise Self-induced vomiting Ingestion of non-nutritive substances
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William Gull introduced the term ______ to the literature in 1874
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Anorexia nervosa
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Why is it important to consider the case of Ellen West?
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ALL. Ellen West struggled with both an eating disorder and depression. Ellen West serves as a cautionary tale regarding the prevalence of suicide among individuals with eating disorders. Ellen West demonstrates the difficulty in treating eating disorders, a difficulty that is still apparent today. As you have previously learned, depressive disorders are often comorbid with eating disorders, and individuals with eating disorders are at a higher rate for suicide. Ellen's difficulty in responding to treatment also closely shadows the current issues in treatment today.
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The diagnostic requirement for amenorrhea removed from the DSM-5 criteria for anorexia nervosa because
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In some cases, individuals exhibit all other symptoms and signs of anorexia nervosa but still report some menstrual activity. The requirement for amenorrhea was removed from the DSM-5 because it the criterion could not be applied to males, pre-menarchal females, females taking oral contraceptives and post-menopausal females. It was also removed because in some cases, individuals exhibit all other symptoms and signs of anorexia nervosa but still report some menstrual activity.
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From William Gull's address in 1873, Dr. Gull recommended that patients should be
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ALL. Fed, regardless of their own desires. Given food in increasing amounts as emancipation and exhaustion decreases. Given a "dessert-spoonful" of brandy every 3 hours. Unlike the administration of brandy, individuals who are hospitalized for being below weight are fed, sometimes via a feeding tube in severe cases. They are also given food in increasing amounts to avoid re-feeding syndrome.
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From "Fitness vs. Fatness on All-Cause Mortality," the main recommendation was for "researchers, clinicians, and public health officials [to] focus on physical activity and fitness-based interventions rather than weight-loss driven approaches to reduce mortality risk" because
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Obese and overweight individuals who are fit have similar mortality rates as normal-weight fit individuals.
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From the "Mutual Rescue" video and "What it's like to be that fat person sitting next to you on the plane," which of the following did both individuals face?
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Discrimination due to their size on planes
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In recent years (after 2008), childhood obesity in the US has _________ in adolescents (ages twelve to nineteen), _________________ in older children (ages six to eleven) and _________ in the youngest group of children examined (ages two to five).
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Increased Stayed stable Decreased From "Trends in Obesity Prevalence Among Children and Adolescents in the United States, 1988-1994 Through 2013-2014:" "During an approximately 25-year period (1988-1994 through 2013-2014), the prevalence increased until 2003-2004 but then decreased among children aged 2 to 5 years. Among children aged 6 to 11 years, the prevalence increased until 2007-2008 and then leveled off. Among adolescents aged 12 to 19 years, obesity prevalence increased between 1988-1994 and 2013-2014."
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From "Why dieting doesn't usually work," Sandra Aamodt indicated all of the following reasons for unsuccessful diets EXCEPT:
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Laziness
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Which of the following are desirable terms to use while discussing weight with patients?
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BMI Excess weight Weight
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As patients gain more weight, physicians judge them to be
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ALL. Less healthy Poor at self-care Less disciplined
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In regards to weight loss, __________ interventions are recommended for children and adults. In adult populations, ________ interventions generally have better outcomes, but individuals seeking it are at greater likelihood of having ________________________
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Behavioral Surgical Major depressive disorder
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Childhood obesity can impact a child's physical and mental health.
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True
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___________ has been found to enhance weight loss in obese children and adults.
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Motivational interviewing
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Match the category to the BMI range. BMI of 25 - 29.9 BMI of 30.0 - 34.9 BMI of 35.0 - 39.9 BMI greater than or equal to 40.0
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Overweight Class 1 Obesity Class 2 Obesity Class 3 Obesity
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Excess stress experienced by individuals in stigmatized social categories as a result of their social position is called
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Minority stress
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People identifying with the LGBTQ community are much more likely to
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Use diet pills Participate in fasting Practice purging
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Which of the following is true about men and eating disorders?
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Men with eating disorders face increased stigma and shame. Men with eating disorders have been underrepresented in research. Men with eating disorders have been neglected in diagnosis and treatment research. Approximately one million males struggle with eating disorders. Men are more likely to have disordered eating behaviors that promote masculine norms and focus on muscles as opposed to body fat dissatisfaction or thinness-oriented behaviors.
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While most athletes are at a ____ risk for developing eating disorders or disordered eating behaviors than non-athletes, elite athletes can be at ____ risk for developing eating-related problems depending on sport than other athletes.
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Less More
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Stigma, misinformation, and financial limitations are all reasons why college students do not seek treatment for eating disorders.
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False
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While risk factors for eating disorders and behavioral eating are present by _________________________ but only develop fully or emerge in ______________________________________
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Early adolescence Early adulthood or late adolescence
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Approximately _____ of eating disordered patients had a history of sexual abuse; this is likely ____________________ in male patients.
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30% Underreported
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Elevated body dissatisfaction at ages 13, 14, 15, and 16 ______________________________________________________________ , while BMI ______________________________________________________________________
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Predicted eating disorder onset Did not predict eating disorders at any age
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Even without formal diagnosis, studies suggest that the prevalence of disordered eating behaviors is higher in what population?
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College-aged
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LGB students report ____ prevalence of disordered eating than their heterosexual counterparts.
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Significantly higher
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In Killing Us Softly, Jean Kilbourne noted that the media's use of women's bodies in advertising has a large impact on the increase in eating disorders in the US. Research suggests that
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The correlation between body dissatisfaction and media images is largely demonstrated in population with preexisting concerns about body dissatisfaction.
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Match the region or country to the associated eating disorder trend: Western Europe and North America Asia Arab region
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Stable Increasing Increasing
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From "Anthropology in the Clinic: The Problem of Cultural Competency and How to Fix It," the authors point out all of the following problems with cultural competency except
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Cultural competence is a technical skill that is not currently being taught. The authors note that cultural competency is not a technical skill that can be learned.
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Advantages of the ethnographic approach to health care include
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ALL. It attempts to place importance on understanding the native's point of view, rather than making observations as an outsider. It does not consider culture simply to be a set of traits or factors that are broadly applicable. It tries to examine how religion, moral values and everyday practices may interact for the individual patient.
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In Dr. Romney's paper on "Eating Disorders Among Black Women and Other Women of Colour" she emphasizes the importance of noticing ___ and feelings and attitudes about ___when working with diverse patient populations, as these factors are important predictors of eating disorders.
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Obesity Weight
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While there is ____ evidence that acculturation may increase eating disorder pathology, and that cultural identity may be a __________ factor, a meta-analysis of eleven studies on eating disorder pathology and acculturation indicated that there was ______________________ effect found for the role of acculturation in the development of eating pathology or body dissatisfaction. However this may be confounded by the differences in measurement of acculturation.
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Some Protective No significant
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A number of scholars have argued that theoretical models that were developed to explain eating pathology among White women do not adequately explain the etiological pathways for Women of Color. As such, some scholars have posited that factors such as experiences of stress and trauma that result from ____ may be a more adequate explanation for the development of eating disorders in Women of Color.
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Poverty Abuse Sexism Discrimination Acculturative stress Racism
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Korean collegiate women reported the ________ degree of body dissatisfaction along with disordered eating behaviors, followed by ________ women and then _________ women.
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Greatest Chinese American
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Diabulimia occurs in which of the following conditions?
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Type 1 Diabetes
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Ketoacidosis is a condition that is typically associated with which of the following?
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Diabulimia Insulin restriction among those with diabulimia can lead to diabetic ketoacidosis, a potentially fatal condition that develops when the body lacks insulin and starts to break down fat, producing ketones that can poison the body. It also increases the risk of serious long-term complications of diabetes, including kidney disease, blindness, nerve damage, amputations and heart disease.
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Preoccupations with being healthy Obsessions about quality of food
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Orthorexia
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Preoccupations with losing weight Obsessions about quantity of food Body image disturbance Fear of becoming fat
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Anorexia
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Restrictive eating habits Need for control Obsessive-Compulsive traits
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BOTH orthorexia and anorexia
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It is speculated that orthorexia might be a form of which of the following?
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Healthism
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True or false. In some aspects orthorexia is considered to be more similar to Avoidant Restrictive Food Intake Disorder than to anorexia nervosa or bulimia nervosa.
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True In some respects orthorexia nervosa is more similar to the newly introduced Avoidant Restrictive Food Intake Disorder or ARFID where there is also an absence of body image concern (DSM-5, 2013). Orthorexia does not include the most characteristic symptoms of anorexia nervosa and bulimia nervosa (Brytek-Matera et al., 2015).
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True or False. The restriction of insulin in patients with diabulimia makes the condition most similar to anorexia nervosa.
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False Diabulimia occurs when patients manipulate their insulin in order to purge calories, much as someone with bulimia might induce vomiting to lose weight.
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According to Hunt & Forbush, 2016, alcohol use was found to mediate the relationship between drunkorexia and which of the following?
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Binge eating Study results show that alcohol use mediated the association between binge eating and drunkorexia, which suggests that individuals may be engaging in binge eating while under the influence of alcohol (Hunt & Forbush, 2016).
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Both binge eating and alcohol use are associated with which of the following personality traits?
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Impulsivity
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True or false. Drunkorexia was found to more strongly related to disordered eating particularly in men.
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False Results showed that drunkorexia was related to both disordered eating and alcohol use in men and women; however, disordered eating was more strongly related to drunkorexia in women (Hunt & Forbush, 2016).
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Athletic internalization has been found to be predictive of increases in which of the following?
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Compulsive exercise Research has found that athletic-ideal internalization predicted increases in compulsive exercise, but not body dissatisfaction or dieting, over a seven-month period (Homan, 2010).
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The drive for male muscularity is associated with which of the following. Select all that apply.
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Increase in dietary supplements Decreased life satisfaction Increased disordered eating behavior Low self-esteem Increased body preoccupations Higher levels of depression
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Athletic-ideal internalization has been directly associated with all of the following except
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Body dissatisfaction Athletic-ideal internalization was found to directly predict dieting, compulsive exercise and bulimic symptom. Athletic-ideal internalization was not found to be associated with body dissatisfaction (Bell et al., 2016).
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True or False. The athletic-ideal internalization negatively effects eating and exercise behaviors primarily through body dissatisfaction.
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False Athletic ideal internalization does have deleterious consequences in terms of disordered eating and exercise behaviors, but does not have its effect through body dissatisfaction (Bell et al., 2016).
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Excessive exercise has been found to be most common in individuals with which of the following?
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Anorexia nervosa Past research suggests that excessive exercise is more common in individuals with anorexia nervosa (both restricting-type and binge/purge-type) than in those with bulimia nervosa (Garner et al., 2014).
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Among those who excessively exercise, binge eating episodes tend to be _____ than in binge eating episodes in individuals with anorexia nervosa.
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Smaller Reported binge episodes in those who exercise excessively tend to be smaller and contain less calories in individuals with anorexia nervosa (Burd et al, 2009).
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Which of the following is not found to be a significant predictor or compensatory exercise?
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Objective binge eating Restraint and subjective binge eating (but not OBEs) were found to be significant predictors of compensatory exercise (Garner et al., 2014).
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True or False. Women in college who engage in compensatory exercise typically have higher levels of body dissatisfaction.
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True
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Thinness expectancies (TE) have been shown to predict which of the following in adolescent girls?
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ALL. Binge eating Onset and severity of disordered eating behaviors Purging TE have been shown to predict the rate of onset and severity of binge- eating and purging among adolescent girls (Smith et al., 2007).
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The responsibilities of a registered dietician includes providing all of the following except
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Medications While clinical dietitians generally have significant medical knowledge, they are not physicians and do not prescribe medicine. They may, however, suggest supplements if they find a nutritional gap in the patient's diet.
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True or False. Weight fluxuations are always related to malnutrition.
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False Changes in weight might be due to a hormone imbalance or kidney malfunction.
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The medical treatment of an ED patient is performed by which of the following?
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ALL. Psychiatrist Physician Nurse
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Match each role in ED treatment to the correct health profession. Providing cognitive-behavioral therapy Managing drug therapy Creating diet plans Stabilize patient
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Therapist Psychiatrist Dietician Physician
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Which of the following careers is oriented towards research and academics?
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Therapist (PhD)
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True or False. An ED researcher must be someone with a PhD.
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False Undergraduates and therapist with their Master's degree can be apart of ED research teams too!
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All of the following are professions that require a medical school degree except
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Psychologist A psychologist attends graduate school to obtain a PhD.
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True or False. All psychologists have a PhD.
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False Psychologist may either have a PhD (Doctor of Philosophy in Psychology) or PsyD (Doctor of Psychology).
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True or False. ED therapists only treat patients with ED.
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False Many therapist serve multiple populations in a given public or private setting, although usually they can specialize in one disorder or condition.
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Nutritionist is a protected title in the United States.
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False