PSYCH 115 Lecture Notes - Lecture 24: Calorie Restriction, Subtyping, Dsm-5
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Anorexia nervosa (an) individual eats nothing beyond minimal amounts of food, so body weight sometimes drops dangerously appetite often remains healthy. Literally means nervous loss of appetite , but incorrect definition because. Once developed, more chronic than even bulimia and more resistant to treatment. Differ from bulimia in that they are so successful in losing weight, they put their. Both characterized by morbid fear of gaining weight and losing control lives in considerable danger over eating. Major difference is whether individual is successful at losing weight. Up to 20% die as a result of the disorder and 5% die within 10 years psychological disorder with highest mortality rate (including depression) 20-30% of deaths are suicides (50 times higher than risk of suicide death in general population) Proud of both their diets and extraordinary control don"t usually see themselves as having an illness.
