Assignment 3

PSY650 Week Three Treatment Plan Behaviorally Defined Symptoms : Rita attempts to control her weight by fasting or consuming large quantities of food (e.g., multiple slices of pizza, gallon s of ice cream ) followed by purging (vomiting) .

Rita binges two to three times per week, and reports feel ing “guilty ” after each episode. Diagnostic Impression: Bulimia Nervosa Long -Term Goal : Reduce bingeing and compensatory behaviors by changing distorted a ttitudes about weight and any other thinking patterns. Short -Term Goal : Establish regular eating patterns by eating in regular intervals and consuming 2,000 calories per day. Intervention 1 : Dr. Heston will ed ucate Rita about the etiology of eating disorders. Intervention 2: Rita will read psychoeducational handouts and treatment manuals for homework.

Intervention 3: Rita will monitor her food consumption using a nutritional journal.

Intervention 4: Dr. Heston will teach Rita how to identify dysfunctional thinking and develop more healthy cognitions and coping skills .

For additional information regarding Rita’s case history and the outcome of the treatment interventions, please see Dr. Heston’s ses sion notes under Case 9 in Gorenstein and Comer’s (2015) , Case Studies in Abnormal Psychology .