“ ANOREXIA NERVOSA ” INTRODUCTION Most of us have heard at least one story of an emaciated teen age girl who starves herself because she’s convinced she’s fat. But despite anorexia’s TV – talk show familiarity‚ misconceptions about it abound. As a result‚ many sufferers can often go moths or even years before someone notices that they’re sick and steers them toward help. Some teenage girls go through this kind of disorder at different times of their lives. This kind of illness
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the United States (U.S) and United Kingdom (Fairburn‚ 1995). In U.S alone‚ four million out of the general population suffers from this eating disorder. This number is far greater than the number of people suffering from either anorexia nervosa or bulimia nervosa (Wardlaw & Smith‚ 2006). With the trivial usage of the word binge’‚ it has become difficult for us to distinguish to what extent overeating constitutes a serious problem. Dr. Christopher Fairburn identified "the feature (that) distinguishes
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Anorexia Nervosa is a psychiatric disorder that is most common in adolescence‚ the average age being seventeen years old. Anorexia Nervosa is more common in females with a female to male ratio of 10:1‚ and the numbers of those with anorexia nervosa are only increasing by the year. The Maudsley family-based treatment (MFBT) is considered to be the most effective form of treatment. There are two kinds of anorexia: restricting and binge eating or purging. Restricting is when a person does not binge
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The Actions of TV Characters and Their “Effect” on Teenagers If you walk into any psychiatrist’s or psychologist’s office today‚ you would find many teenagers waiting to see one. The teenagers are there for many reasons: to cope with the death of someone‚ bullying‚ abuse‚ an eating disorder‚ etc. However‚ the most common reason‚ as of late‚ is to get help dealing with an eating disorder or substance abuse as a minor. When asked how they even got started with these things in the first place‚ the
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eating habits that may involve excessive or insufficient food consumption‚ thus‚ affecting an individual’s physical and psychological health. Some common types of eating disorders include bulimia nervosa‚ anorexia nervosa‚ binge eating‚ and obesity. This paper has explored six published articles that conducted research on various factors contributing to body dissatisfaction and eating disorders. The articles have examined the influence of society and
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Balázs Lukáts Ágnes Gáti‚ and Zoltán Karádi‚ (2010). Taste reactivity deficit in anorexia nervosa. Psychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences‚ 64: 403–407. Basis for the research question in past research and theory: Hypogeusia‚ the reduced ability to taste‚ and dysgeusia‚ the distortion of the sense of taste‚ mainly involving the sour‚ bitter and salty tastes‚ have already been demonstrated in anorexia nervosa patients in literature and have been examined through other experiments. Many of the findings
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Anorexia Nervosa: An Annotated Bibliography Holly Brubach “Starved to Perfection” New York Times; April 17‚ 2007 This article describes how anorexia is starting to become as another occupational hazard. Models need to be stick figures to be able to walk down the runway‚ as to football and baseball players use steroids to get big and strong. Most young woman today is dieting. The models are just experts at it. Author of “Perfect Girls‚ Starving Daughters: The Frightening New Normalcy of Hating
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eating disorders like anorexia‚ bulimia‚ and binge-eating disorder affect over five million people. Teenager between the ages of 13 and 20 suffer from an eating disorder‚ teenage girls between the ages of 10 and 20 suffer from an eating disorder mostly every day. Eating disorders in children and teens cause serious changes in eating habits that can lead to major‚ even life threatening health problems. The three main types of eating disorders are Anorexia‚ Bulimia‚ and Binge Eating. Anorexia is a
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Running head: Binge Eating Disorder Current Diagnosis and Treatment: Binge Eating Disorder February 21‚ 2014 Abnormal Psychology Dr. Jean Nyland Spring‚ 2014 Abstract This paper is a review of the current literature in DSM-5 for how it relates to the diagnosis and treatment of “Binge Eating Disorder” (BED). In the United States BED affects approximately 3.5% of the female‚ and 2% of the male population. This equivocates to a substantial amount of children
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n the case of anorexia‚ this means‚ in addition‚ teaching about the physical consequences of the disorder and of abnormal eating behaviours and of any attempt to make changes. It also means teaching the principles of normal eating behaviour and nutrition. The use of a cognitive therapy approach makes it feasible to directly explore and question common assumptions about the importance of weight and shape. Having aired these assumptions‚ clients can decide whether they wish to continue to espouse
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