Relationship Between Environmental Factors and Anorexia Nervosa in Adolescent Girls Anorexia nervosa (AN) is a visible‚ psychological illness that is detrimental to both the physical and mental well-being of an individual (Bulik et al.‚ 2005). It is an eating disorder that is characterized by not only an unwillingness to gain weight‚ but a fear of gaining weight. Individuals suffering from anorexia are often perfectionists‚ who are neurotic‚ obsessive‚ and retain a low sense of self-esteem (Kaye
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when I comb my hair‚ there is a constant reminder of a point in my life that has been a driving force for the past nine years. At the tender age of 8‚ I fell victim to a condition known as Cibophobia. This takes on an uncanny resemblance to Anorexia Nervosa; however‚ I did not choose my fate. As the name suggests‚ I had a fear of eating. The time leading up to this point had been bumpy; I was in a new environment‚ a victim of bullying‚
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Case Study: April - Anorexia Nervosa XXXX Pennsylvania State University Case Study: April - Anorexia Nervosa Presenting Concerns April was a 17-year-old high school freshman who presented with severe emaciation due to self-starvation and excessive exercise. Despite being severely underweight‚ April indicated an intense fear of gaining weight. She bragged about how much weight she had recently lost‚ though she indicated that her "butt was still too fat." She also reported that she was constantly
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Anorexia is a debilitating mental disorder. It affects people’s social life‚ self-esteem‚ and personal distress. Anorexia has a negative effect on the social lives of those diagnosed. Due to the obsessive behaviour of those diagnosed‚ they become overwhelmed with the thought to work out‚ to cut their calorie intake‚ to lose more weight‚ which causes their social life to suffer. Portia de Rossi‚ model and actress‚ suffered from anorexia nervosa by binging‚ purging and starving herself. To hide her
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Anorexia and Bulimia Anorexia Nervosa is an eating disorder that is more than just a problem with food‚ it’s a way of using food‚ or starving oneself to feel more in control of life‚ and to ease tension‚ anger‚ and anxiety. People with anorexia are rarely aware that they have a problem; because this disease is defined by a distorted view of their own body image or weight. A person with anorexia often resists questioning and is extremely secretive‚ usually denying any problem‚ and making excuses
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Biological explanations for anorexia nervosa Biological explanations for anorexia nervosa include neural explanations and evolutionary explanations. 1st BIOLOGICAL EXPLANATION - Neurotransmitters -Serotonin Disturbances in the levels of the neurotransmitter serotonin appear to be a characteristic of individuals with eating disorders. Kaye 2005 found a reduction in the levels of the serotonin metabolite 5-HIAA in people with eating disorders. This suggests that brain serotonin pathways are underactive
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of Americans (Mirasol); the other 85 percent of people do not always realize how difficult these disorders can be. However‚ recently in June of 2017 a film was released in hopes to reveal to people the severity of the eating disorder anorexia nervosa. Anorexia nervosa is a mental disorder and disease that is not always so treatable‚ but Marti Noxon shows us in her film‚ To the Bone‚ the reality of this sickness and that through faith‚ friends‚ and family anything
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What are similarities and differences between Bulimia and Anorexia nervosa? There has always been a discussion between professionals whether bulimia is worse than anorexia or vice versa. They both are mental disorders in which people have the need to starve themselves. In other words‚ they feel that there is only a way to be thin: by removing all the food eaten through vomiting or in anorexia’s case they don’t eat anything and still provoke vomiting (Fuentes‚ 2004). These are two types of eating
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Misperceptions about Anorexia Women are consistently the punchline of many jokes‚ regardless of their size. One day‚ a woman decides that she can no longer tolerate the hurtful comments about her being overweight. So she decides to stop eating‚ only to be slammed with similarly hurtful comments such as‚ “she needs to go eat a cheeseburger”‚ “she looks like a pre-pubescent twelve year old boy”. These phrases are apart of a global epidemic showing how unfairly we stigmatize Anorexia Nervosa. We think it is
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Introduction: Statement of the Problem Generally speaking in Western society‚ the incidence of eating disorders is on the rise‚ and no longer limited to the teenage female demographic. Startling statistics now indicate that onset of anorexia nervosa in females is beginning at a much earlier age and across more racially and ethnically diverse lines (Grover‚ Keel‚ & Mitchell‚ 2008). While the characteristics of the afflicted population are changing‚ so too are some of the theories about the
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