PSYC 2490 Lecture Notes - Lecture 20: Body Mass Index, Binge Eating Disorder, Hypotension
28 Jan 2016
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Eating disorders november 4th, 2015/november 9th, 2015. Added binge eating as a new diagnostic, rather than a condition in nee of further study. Feeding such a pica (non food substances) and rumination (regurgitation) are under first diagnosed in infancy, childhood or adolescence. Dsm5 criteria: restriction of food that leads to very low body weight; body weight is significantly below normal. Ex: bmi (body mass index) less than 18. 5 for adults. Intense fear of weight gain or repeated behaviors to interfere with weight gain. Restricting: weight loss is achieved by severely limiting food intake, with no binge-eating/purging during the last three months. Binge-eating/purging: the person has also regularly engage in binge-eating and purging during the last three months. * longitudinal research suggests questionable validity of subtypes * (table 11. 3) Women are 10x as likely to develop disorder as males. Symptomatology in men is similar to that in women. Often comorbid with depression, ocd, phobias, panic, alcoholism and.
