PSYC2101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 13: Eating Disorder Not Otherwise Specified, Binge Eating Disorder, Bulimia Nervosa
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Vast majority of patients are diagnosed with this very unspecific diagnoses. In order to decrease this number, you can identify new disorders. Binge eating disorder was originally part of ednos but is now a separate diagno. 85% of expected, bmi of 17. 5 (questionable - 17. 6?) Intense fear of becoming fat (despite being severely underweight) Amenorrhea: absence of a menstrual cycle for 3 consecutive cycles. Mortality rate as high as 20%- highest of any psychological disorder. Binge and compensatory behaviours 2x a week for 3 months- arbitrary? (now 1x a wee. Does not occur exclusively during episodes of an. Eating a large amount in a discrete period. Eating large amounts of food when not hungry. Binge eating 1x per week for 3 months. A disorder category for the young - 5 to 1 ratio of eating disorders in adolescents versu. Females outnumber males in presentations - 10% of cases are males, although this is in.