Psychology 2054A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Binge Eating Disorder, Binge Eating, Not Otherwise Specified

• School: Western University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: Psychology 2054A/B
• Professor: Foley

Document Summary

Recognized within many fields: psychology, social work, nutrition, medicine. Emaciation caused by restriction of energy intake: body weight <85% of expected (bmi<17) Intense fear of gaining weight or becoming fat or persistent behaviours that interfere with weight gain, despite being underweight: these behaviours persist and get worse. Becomes a fixation point, source of anxiety. Classify self-worth personal success based on weight and shape. Body image disturbances: misperception of body weight/shape, undue influence of weight or shape on self- evaluation or denial of seriousness of low weight. Do(cid:374)"t al(cid:449)ays re(cid:272)og(cid:374)ize that their (cid:449)eight is at a da(cid:374)gerous le(cid:448)el. Recurrent episodes of binge eating: consuming very large amount of food within limited period of time- not normally be consumed by other people, loss of control of eating. Recurrent inappropriate compensatory behaviours (purging or non-purging) to prevent weight gain. Compensatory behaviour is what differs it from actual binge eating disorder: vomiting, laxative, diuretic abuse.