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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Denitsa Radeva-Petrova‚ 09249520 Biological and Psychoanalytic Approaches to Anorexia Nervosa Individual Differences and Conceptual/Historical Issues in Psychology‚ 7PSY0076 Evaluation of the Contribution of the Biological and Psychoanalytic Schools of Thought in Psychology to the Understanding of Anorexia Nervosa Anorexia Nervosa (AN) is an eating disorder‚ characterised by a refusal to maintain body weight that is at least 85% of what is considered normal for an individual’s height and
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a perfect body. Desires of having a perfect body could lead to a disorder called‚ anorexia nervosa. This disease is an eating disorder characterized by low body weight and a fear of becoming overweight. Anorexia nervosa is mainly related to an individual’s emotionality. Some of the causes of this disease are‚ personal feelings‚ stressful events‚ and cultural influences. The first cause of anorexia nervosa that is the most important cause is a worthless personal feeling. A person who has a low self-esteem
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to please her father. Her brother‚ two years younger‚ left home to join the navy earlier this year. 2. Provide a summary of the diagnosis and describe the course of the illness. Wozniak‚ Rekleiti and Roupa (2012) outline early signs of anorexia nervosa (AN); preoccupation with food‚ weight and calories; rigidity and rituals around eating‚ avoidance of family meals‚ denial of hunger and excessive exercise. As it progresses the patient may seem withdrawn‚ absent sense of humour‚ angry and depressed
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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 been
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PSYCHOLOGY LIB401 RESEARCH PROPOSAL TOPIC: ANOREXIA NERVOSA CONTENTS |No. | |PAGE | | |CONTENT | | |1 |INTRODUCTION |3 | |2 |LITERATURE REVIEW
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can focus on little else. The most widely commonly referred to eating disorders include anorexia nervosa‚ obesity‚ bulimia‚ and binge-eating disorders. Eating disorders can have a number of serious affects on the body‚ both physically and mentally. It is very important that the body receive proper nutrition through a balanced diet and the proper amount of foods being eaten. Anorexia nervosa is an eating disorder where the person has an intense fear of gaining weight. The person in many cases
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Research Paper: Eating Disorders Not Otherwise Specified Jennifer Tankard Liberty University COUN 646 D04 Dr. Westmeier April 28‚ 2013 Abstract There are more individuals that die from an Eating Disorder than any other mental illness in the United States (American Psychiatric Association‚ 2000). Eating Disorder Not Otherwise Specified is the most common and least talked about among other Eating Disorders (Mainz.‚ Schulte-Ruther.‚ Fink.‚ & Herpertz‚. 2012). Identifying the disorder
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Anorexia Nervosa is Caused by Nurture “Beauty can make or break you” is a message that constantly bombards our lives through the media‚ friends and family. Television weight loss infomercials and celebrities battling eating disorders in Hollywood furthermore reinforces this message. These daily scenes of corruption cause adolescences to “equate success and beauty and popularity with a thin body” (Walsh 41). In our culture‚ media is a very influential Agent of Socialization amongst teenagers
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D/E explanations of Anorexia Nervosa (24 marks) Anorexia Nervosa (AN) is a type of eating disorder characterised by extreme loss of weight and anxiety associated with food and weight gain. The 4 major symptoms of AN are body weight 85% or less of normal weight for age and height‚ distorted perception of body image (thinness is vital to self-esteem)‚ intense fear of being overweight or putting on weight and amenorrhoea (the loss of 3 consecutive periods). There is the biological and psychological
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