SOC224 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Obsessive–Compulsive Disorder, Child Abuse, Muscle Dysmorphia
4 Mar 2019
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Canada: 62% of adult men, 46% of adult women, 23% of children, more people are overweight than underweight in canada and the world. Extreme end of underweight may indicate anorexia nervosa: canada: 0. 9% of females and 0. 3% of males, considered a mental illness, listed in the dsm: Restriction of energy intake relative to requirements leading to a significantly low body weight in the context of age, sex, developmental trajectory, and physical health. Intense fear of gaining weight or becoming fat, or persistent behavior that interferes with weight gain, even though at a significantly low weight. Disturbance in the way in which one"s body weight or shape is experienced . Overweight combination of individual and social factors. Anorexia: ego-psychological theories, family systems theories, endocrinological theories, sociocultural theories. Muscle dysmorphia: disordered fixation on gaining body mass. Increasing media pressures on men to be muscular and lean: higher rates of depression, lower levels of self-esteem, higher adherence to masculine norms .
