Meredith is a 17-year-old girl who weighs 82 pounds and is gaunt and frail. Although she fears food and eating, she focuses on food by talking about it, collecting cookbooks, and cooking huge meals for others. Whenever she looks at herself in the mirror, she thinks she is disgustingly fat. Meredith is suffering from __________.
A. anorexia nervosa
B. binge eating
C. bipolar disorder
D. bulimia
Answer: A
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A. in the second trimester to all pregnant women who seek medical attention B. only when the mother is at a high risk for giving birth to a child with abnormalities C. as a nonintrusive test by placing a small transmitter on the abdomen of the pregnant woman D. as a safe test with no injection or pain to the mother or potential damage to the fetus
__________ variables include physical, physiological, or cognitive characteristics of the individual that are important for both the conceptualization of the client's problem as well as the choice of treatment to administer
a. Inferential b. Organismic c. Stimulus d. Consequential
What are some characteristics of families that are parented by a step-parent?
What will be an ideal response?