PSYC30014 Lecture Notes - Spring 2018 Lecture 5 - Heritability, Gastrointestinal disease, Twin study
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What constitutes an eating disorder, different types of feeding and eating disorders in the dsm-5. Persistent restriction of energy intake leading to significantly low body weight (in context of what is minimally expected for age, sex, developmental trajectory and physical health) Either an intense fear of gaining weight or of becoming far, or persistent behaviour that interferes with weight gain (even though they are at a significantly low weight) Distur(cid:271)a(cid:374)(cid:272)e i(cid:374) the (cid:449)a(cid:455) o(cid:374)e"s (cid:271)od(cid:455) (cid:449)eight or shape is e(cid:454)perie(cid:374)(cid:272)ed, u(cid:374)due i(cid:374)flue(cid:374)(cid:272)e of body shape and weight on self-evaluation or persistent lack of recognition of the seriousness of the current low body weight: types. Comorbidity 60% with depression and 33% with anxiety disorders: subthreshold conditions are more common, onset. Mean age at onset is in the late teens to early twenties. More recently, late onset cases are being seen: highly variable course and outcome. Fluctuation pattern of weight gain followed by relapse.
