How do alcohol addictions and eating disorders coexist and how does this affect society as a whole? 2013-03-03 By: Nina Del Rivero Today’s female youth is affected by a new disorder‚ which consists of the combination of alcoholism and eating disorders that are deadly in unison. How shocking does it sound that the mortality rate associated with Anorexia Nervosa is 12 times higher than the death rate of all
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Eating Disorders: Anorexia Each year millions of people in the United States are affected by serious and sometimes life-threatening eating disorders. The vast majority are adolescents and young adult women. Approximately one percent of adolescents girls develop anorexia nervosa‚ a dangerous condition in which they can literally starve themselves to death. Another two to three percent develop bulimia nervosa‚ a destructive pattern of excessive overeating followed by vomiting or other " purging
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The transition from life at home to college life comes with an immense emotional stress that increases college students’ risk of psychological disorders (Sanker & Cable‚ 2010). Recently‚ mental disorders have seen an increase in the college population (Eisenberg 2016). The cause of these increased incidences have been linked to academic overload‚ overwhelming pressure to succeed‚ financial stresses‚ pressures of future endeavors‚ and academic and social competition among peers (Tosevski‚ Milovancevic
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Eating is a basic survival behavior. To many people eating is a way of life‚ brining families together‚ creating relationships and bonds between people and is an expression of feelings and emotions. But there are negative aspects to food as well‚ such as obesity and other eating disorders. Eating disorders are very dehabilitating and misunderstood disorders that affect an unbelievable amount of the population; they not only put strain on the body‚ but also on the mind‚ and often the families of those
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The social environment around us and in the media has been a huge contributor to many young females developing eating disorders. There is a lot of pressure on females to be skinny and have the perfect body. Carrie is definitely susceptible to these pressures‚ especially since she grew up in the figure skating world; she was constantly told that she needed to stay skinny and watch her weight. When she was placed on the strict diet for skating at age 14‚ she was complimented on how skinny she was
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psychology behind eating disorders like what causes individuals to obtain these disorders. Research shows that eating disorders like anorexia nervosa and bulimia nervosa have been linked to low self-esteem‚ stress‚ conflicts‚ and depression. Eating disorders can be addressed with a behavioral perspective‚ psychodynamic perspective‚ and with a cognitive perspective. Psychology of Eating Disorders “To eat or not to eat‚ that is the addiction” (Voelker 2007). Eating disorders are real and
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An eating disorder is an illness that causes serious disturbances to your everyday diet‚ such as eating extremely small amounts of food or severely overeating. People with eating disorder may have started out just eating small or large amounts of food‚ but at some point‚ the urge to eat lessened or gained and spiraled out of control. Severe distress or concern about body weight or shape may also signal an eating disorder. ("Eating Disorders." NIMH RSS. Web. 5 Oct. 2015.) Eating disorders include
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The term eating disorder is used to refer to the conditions‚ which are related to constant negative eating behaviors that cause negative influence on the health of an individual. These conditions also a person’s ability to operate normally and may alter the emotions of the individual. The disorders are known to stem from the efforts to maintain certain kind of food‚ body weight‚ and shape‚ making the person to adopt these dangerous practices. When an individual concentrate so much on achieving these
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Abstract It has been stated that nearly half of all Americans personally know someone with an eating disorder. This paper will show the danger and effects of Anorexia Nervosa. A study by the National Association of Anorexia Nervosa and Associated Disorders reported that ten percent of anorexics die within ten years after contracting the disease. Anorexia has four primary symptoms Resistance to maintaining body weight at or above a minimally normal weight for age and height. Intense fear of weight
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Abuse and Eating Disorders Silverchair. (1999). “Ana’s Song”: “And you’re my obsession. I love you to the bones And Ana wrecks your life‚ Like an anorexic life.” In 2011‚ The U.S. Department of Health & Human Services reported that one in four girls had experienced sexual abuse by the age of eighteen; this number excludes victims of psychological or physical abuse. Additionally‚ The National Association of Anorexia Nervosa and Associated Disorders (1991) estimates that one
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