PS 272 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Human Body Weight, Somatic Symptom Disorder, Saint Veronica
2 Feb 2017
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No, it is associated with tickling, play, interaction, all of which animals do as well as humans. It is social, meaningful and a form of interaction with others. Questions (to determine if this is abnormal): Was it a learned behavior? (parent or somebody else avoided escalators. Is he scared of heights? so he does as well) Rachel has been caught urinating in the corner of her bedroom. Actual behaviors - sleep disorder/etoh - addiction. Presence of multiple motor and one or more vocal tics (eye blinking, neck jerking, shoulder shrugging, coughing, throat clearing, grunting) Tics occur many times a day (usually in bouts) Refusal to maintain body weight of at least 85% ideal body weight; excessive fear of gaining weight; belief that s/he is overweight despite emaciation. Role of the media and the western ideal of thinness. Up to the 12th century - possible cases of anorexia attributed to demonic possession and treated with exorcism.
