ANOREXIA NERVOSA Anorexia nervosa‚ commonly referred to simply as anorexia‚ is one type of eating disorder. More importantly‚ it is also a psychological disorder. Anorexia is a condition that goes beyond out-of-control dieting. A person with anorexia initially begins dieting to lose weight. Over time‚ the weight loss becomes a sign of mastery and control. The drive to become thinner is actually secondary to concerns about control and/or fears relating to one’s body. The individual continues the
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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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Anorexia nervosa From Wikipedia‚ the free encyclopedia For other uses‚ see Anorexia nervosa (disambiguation) and Anorexia (disambiguation). "Anorexic" redirects here. For the use of the term as an appetite suppressant‚ see Anorectic. [hide]This article has multiple issues. Please help improve it or discuss these issues on the talk page. This article needs more medical references for verification or relies too heavily on primary sources. (December 2013) This article possibly contains original
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able 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 As it progresses the patient may seem withdrawn‚ absent sense of humour‚ angry and depressed
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Health Consequences of Bulimia Nervosa The recurrent binge-and-purge cycles of bulimia can affect the entire digestive system and can lead to electrolyte and chemical imbalances in the body that affect the heart and other major organ functions. Some of the health consequences of bulimia nervosa include: • Electrolyte imbalances that can lead to irregular heartbeats and possibly heart failure and death. Electrolyte imbalance is caused by dehydration and loss of potassium‚ sodium and chloride from
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Anorexia Nervosa As a Life-Threatening Disorder Anorexia Nervosa is a disease that should not be handled lightly. While in our nation‚ it is not as publicized as other diseases such as cancer or heart disease‚ it does take lives everyday due to people having a distorted self-image. Many people in the medicinal field have come to various conclusions about the cause of anorexia and it’s effects on a person physiologically and psychologically. Some argue that it is strictly a socio-cultural influence
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Anorexia Nervosa is a serious problem in the United States. Teenagers is the most popular age group that gets involved with eating disorders such as Anorexia. The symptoms‚ the statistics‚ and much more explains why this particular disease is harmful. It affects people both physically and psychologically. As a country‚ we need to establish prevention programs that could be used as a resource in both school and public settings. Doing so will help decrease the number of people with anorexia and more
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disorders‚ anorexia nervosa is the most common type. It is a disorder in which the person has a distorted body image and an intense fear of being fat. Binging‚ or eating large quantities of food in a short period of time‚ and then purging‚ or vomiting to empty the stomach of food‚ are all actions commonly found in anorexics. An anorexic is extremely afraid of becoming fat and might believe she/he is fat even when he/she is very thin. While there is no single known cause of anorexia‚ several
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Definition Of Anorexia Nervosa 1) Parenthetical Definition: Anorexia nervosa is an eating disorder perversion (turning away from what is right‚ proper‚ or good) of the appetite. 2) Sentence Definition: Anorexia nervosa is a psycho-physiological disorder usually occurring in young and older women that is characterized by an abnormal fear of becoming obese‚ a distorted self-image‚ a persistent unwillingness to eat‚ and severe weight loss. 3) Etymology: Anorexia is dated back to
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Anorexia Nervosa’s Harmful Effects By definition anorexia nervosa is “an eating disorder in which a person has an aversion to food that results in starvation and an inability to stay at the minimum body weight considered healthy for their age and height” (--. National Library of Medicine). People with anorexia fear weight gain‚ even if they are at a healthy weight or underweight (--. National Library of Medicine). Anorexia seems like the only solution to some people who may be a tad bit over weight
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