Behavioral Care Flashcards
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A patient celebrates every weight milestone with a large restaurant meal, then feels guilt and restricts for days. The counselor should first help the patient:
Answer: Develop non-food reward alternatives for milestones
Replacing food-based rewards with non-food alternatives breaks the celebration-guilt-restriction cycle.
Which statement best reflects the role of self-efficacy in long-term weight maintenance after bariatric surgery?
Answer: Patients who believe they can manage setbacks are more likely to sustain behavior change
Self-efficacy, the belief in one's ability to execute behaviors and handle setbacks, is a strong predictor of maintained change.
A counselor using cognitive restructuring with a patient who thinks "Everyone at the gym is judging my body" would most likely:
Answer: Help the patient examine evidence for and against the thought and generate a balanced alternative
Cognitive restructuring tests the evidence behind automatic thoughts and replaces them with balanced alternatives.
Which post-operative patient behavior is the strongest early warning sign of behavioral relapse risk?
Answer: Discontinuing food logging and skipping scheduled follow-up appointments
Abandoning self-monitoring and disengaging from follow-up care are the earliest and strongest behavioral predictors of regain.
A patient with limited income says they cannot afford the recommended high-protein foods. The most appropriate counselor response is to:
Answer: Collaborate on affordable protein sources such as eggs, canned fish, and legumes
Effective behavioral counseling adapts recommendations to the patient's real-world constraints, including budget-friendly protein options.
In group counseling for bariatric patients, which facilitator behavior best promotes therapeutic group cohesion?
Answer: Encouraging members to share experiences while maintaining confidentiality norms
Cohesion grows from safe, confidential sharing, whereas public comparison and competition undermine trust.
A patient asks the counselor to keep their pre-surgical binge eating secret from the surgical team. The counselor should:
Answer: Explain the limits of confidentiality within the multidisciplinary team and why disclosure supports safe care
Bariatric counselors work within a treatment team, and patients must understand that clinically relevant information is shared to ensure safe outcomes.