PSYC 2490 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Bulimia Nervosa, Anorexia Nervosa, Binge Eating Disorder

• School: University of Manitoba
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 2490
• Professor: Leda Worobec

Document Summary

Bulimia nervosa and anorexia nervosa: often affect high school or college age individuals (especially in young women) Bulimia nervosa - not always visible: recurrent pattern of binge eating followed by self-induced purging, persistent over-concern with body weight and image, some strive to maintain their body weight, others aim to lose weight, more common than anorexia. Jockeys: most common, runners, wrestlers, swimmers, dancers, the athletes who have a high occurrence of eating disorders, video: kailia anorexia - watch this, mortality rate is so very high because of the medical complications of anorexia. Bulimia nervosa: binge eating, eating in a discrete period f time, eating portions of food that is larger than what most individuals would. Inappropriate compensatory behaviours: medical complications of bulimia, blockage of salivary ducts, tooth decay and dental cavities, pancreatitis (stress on the pancreas, potassium deficiency, producing muscular weakness, cardiac irregularities, even sudden death, disturbed menstrual function.