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NEDA TOOLKIT for Educators Mandometer Therapy  Treatment program for eating disorders based on the idea that psychiatric symptoms of people with eating disorders emerge as a result of poor nutrition and are not a cause of the eating disorder. A Mandometer is a computer that measures food intake and is used to determine a course of therapy. Massage Therapy  A generic term for any of a number of various types of therapeutic touch in which the practitioner massages, applies pressure to, or manipulates muscles, certain points on the body, or other soft tissues to improve health and well-being. Massage therapy is thought to relieve anxiety and depression in patients with an eating disorder. Maudsley Method  A family-centered treatment program with three distinct phases. The first phase for a patient who is severely underweight is to regain control of eating habits and break the cycle of starvation or binge eating and purging. The second phase begins once the patient’s eating is under control, with a goal of returning independent eating to the patient. The goal of the third and final phase is to address the broader concerns of the patient’s development. Mealtime Support Therapy  Treatment program developed to help patients with eating disorders eat healthfully and with less emotional upset. Mental Health Parity Laws  Federal and State laws that require health insurers to provide the same level of healthcare benefits for mental disorders and conditions as they do for medical disorders and conditions. For example, the federal Mental Health Parity Act of 1996 (MHPA) may prevent a group health plan from placing annual or lifetime dollar limits on mental health benefits that are lower, or less favorable, than annual or lifetime dollar limits for medical and surgical benefits offered under the plan. Mia Slang.  Bulimia or bulimic. Modified Cyclic Antidepressants  A class of medications used to treat depression. Monoamine Oxidase Inhibitors (MAOIs)  A class of medications used to treat depression. Movement/Dance Therapy  The psychotherapeutic use of movement as a process that furthers the emotional, cognitive, social, and physical integration of the individual, according to the American Dance Therapy Association. Motivational Enhancement Therapy (MET)  A treatment based on a model of change, with focus on the stages of change. Stages of change represent constellations of intentions and behaviors through which individuals pass as they move from having a problem to doing something to resolve it. The stages of change move from “pre-contemplation,” in which individuals show no intention of changing, to the “action” stage, in which they are actively engaged in overcoming their problem. Transition from one stage to the next is sequential, but not linear. The aim of MET is to help individuals move from earlier stages into the action stage using cognitive and emotional strategies Nonpurging  Any of a number of behaviors engaged in by a person with bulimia nervosa in order to offset potential weight gain from excessive calorie intake from binge eating. Nonpurging can take the form of excessive exercise, misuse of insulin by people with diabetes, or long periods of fasting. Nutritional Therapy  Therapy that provides patients with information on the effects of their eating disorder. For example, therapy often includes, as appropriate, techniques to avoid binge eating and refeeding and advice about making meals and eating. The goals of nutrition therapy for individuals with anorexia and bulimia nervosa differ according to the disorder. With bulimia, for example, goals are to stabilize blood sugar levels, help individuals maintain a diet that provides them with enough nutrients, and to help restore gastrointestinal health. Obsessive-compulsive Disorder (OCD)  Mental disorder in which recurrent thoughts, impulses, or images cause inappropriate anxiety and distress, followed by acts that the sufferer feels compelled to perform to alleviate this anxiety. Criteria for obsessive- compulsive and related disorder diagnoses can be found in the DSM-5. Opioid Antagonists  A type of drug therapy that interferes with the brain’s opioid receptors and is sometimes used to treat eating disorders. Orthorexia Nervosa  An informal term for a disorder in which a person obsesses about eating only “pure” and healthy food to such an extent that it interferes with the person’s life. This disorder is not a diagnosis listed in the DSM-5. Page  | 36