PSYC 1000 Lecture Notes - Lecture 21: Personality Disorder, Paranoid Personality Disorder, Bulimia Nervosa

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 1000
• Professor: Jeffrey Yen

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These may involve: unrealistic body image and extreme body ideal, a desire to control food and the body when one"s situation cant be controlled, cycles of depression, health problems. People tend to lose their teeth due to all the acid coming back up from the stomach through your mouth. Anorexia nervosa: distorted body image, compulsion to lose weight, >15% underweight. Family: mother who is weight-focused, childhood obesity (bulimia, competitive, protective family (anorexia) Emphasize a particular form that our body should take. Binge to your heart"s content; discipline yourself: (cid:498)in consumer society, there are inevitably two kinds of slaves: the prisoners of addiction and the prisoners of envy(cid:499) - ivan. Disruptive, enduring, and inflexible behavior patterns that impair people"s: long-lasting, ex. Personality disorder: disorders that have to do with your traits. Three clusters of personality disorders: odd/ eccentric: Unwarranted distrust; assume others want to deceive, exploit harm: dramatic/emotional. Blatant disregards other"s rights; deceitful, manipulative; no guilt/ remorse: anxious/fearful.