Anorexia is an eating disorder that is characterized by self-starvation‚ excessive weight loss‚ a distorted idea of body weight‚ and fear of gaining weight. The exact cause of anorexia nervosa is unknown‚ but as with most mental disorders it is most likely influenced by a combination of biological‚ psychological‚ and environmental factors. There may be genetic changes that make certain people more vulnerable to developing anorexia. Anorexia nervosa most commonly affects young women. Symptoms
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and Effect: Anorexia “I look like a normal‚ well-adjusted 15-year-old high school sophomore. I like talking to friends on the phone‚ riding my bike‚ watching TV‚ and spending time with my boyfriend. I make above average grades and like math and science classes the best. However‚ about a year ago‚ my weight dropped to 72 pounds. I lay in a hospital bed with unkempt hair‚ fragile limbs and a sunken face. I was seriously ill. The villainous disease was not cancer or AIDS. I had anorexia‚ a condition
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Anorexia Nutrition 05/05/2013 ANOREXIA Troubled teens are very likely to turn to unhealthy lifestyles when they are unable to cope with their problems. Anorexia is among the most common unhealthy lifestyles that troubled teens choose to undertake. Anorexia is a condition classified as an eating disorder – a disorder that involves undertaking abnormal eating habits that are unhealthy to a person’s health. Anorexia is an eating disorder characterized by starvation and insufficient eating. Teen
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Abnormal Psychology Assessment. Abnormal Psychology. For this assignment I have chosen a patient ‘Mary’ who was diagnosed with ‘Anorexia Nervosa’‚ from a clinical placement‚ on an adult acute ward. In order for me to ensure confidentiality has/will be maintained throughout the assignment I have used an assumed name for my selected patient as well as keeping the trust anonymous. The assignment is divided into several different sections‚ the first part will be a description of the disorder‚
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destroying?. In 1684 Anorexia Nervosa was described for the first time‚ but it was not until 1870 that it became identified and described with it’s own diagnosis. The birth of the "new" disease was not only related to the new way to look at medicine‚ but also an effect of the changes in the society‚ and on the new ideal for young women. The history of Anorexia Nervosa is partly an effect of the culture we live in‚ and partly an effect of the social structure in our society. Although Anorexia Nervosa has long
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The mental health problem that I researched was anorexia nervosa. I had always heard about the eating disorder but I learned a lot of new and surprising things. I always thought that close friends and family members would know right away if a person had anorexia. However‚ I learned that these friends and family members notice that something is wrong as the person develops anorexia. Another thing that I learned is that anorexia nervosa makes people lose more weight than what is considered healthy
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TOPIC: Anorexic ORGANIZATION PATTERN: Topical GENERAL PURPOSE: Inform SPECIFIC PURPOSE: To Inform the audience of anorexic disease THESIS STATEMENT: Anorexia is an extremely serious disease that strikes a large number of Americans. INTRODUCTION I was Julie’s best friend. I watched her grow from a little girl who doted on by her parents into a tomboy who carried frogs in her pockets. I watched her become a young woman‚ fussing with her hair and trying on every outfit in her closet before her first
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MILESTONES IN CHILDREN 1 Milestones in Children ages newborn to eleven By: Lindsey C. Evans MILESTONES IN CHILDREN 2 Introduction From birth to adulthood people go through predictable milestones. However‚ when they reach these milestones is a matter of debate. Several theorists have researched and developed their theories on these milestones. In this paper the supported evidence of these theories will be presented through real life observation of various age children (Infants
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Models that died from Anorexia Nervosa and eating disorders Ana Carolina Reston She was young‚ happy and beautiful. She was successful in her modelling career‚ walking runways all over the world‚ in various fashion weeks. Her downward spiral into the pit of anorexia began in 2004‚ in China. She was told that she was ‘too fat’ despite being of a healthy weight and height for a working model. Her weight plummeted to 40kg‚ making her Body Mass Index (BMI) an unhealthy 13.4. On the 14th of November
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Anorexia nervosa disorder affects the entire family. Family counselling facilitates recovery in the individual by addressing problems in the family environment (Matthews 55). Treating anorexia involves three steps: getting back to a healthy weight‚ starting to eat more food‚ and changing how one thinks about oneself and food (Smith). The steps to anorexia recovery are one‚ admit one has a problem. The first step in anorexia recovery is admitting that one’s relentless pursuit of thinness is out of
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