PSY 223 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Not Otherwise Specified, Personality Disorder, Anorexia Nervosa
Comorbidity and AN
✓ 80% will suffer from major depression
✓ Up to 75% will suffer from anxiety disorders
✓ Anxiety as a risk factor in the development of AN
Bulimia Nervosa (BN)
✓ A disorder characterized by recurrent episodes of binge eating in combination with some
form of compensatory behavior aimed at undoing the effects of the binge or preventing
weight gain
✓ Compensatory behaviors
-purging subtype vs. non-purging subtype
What one needs to be diagnosed with BN…
✓ Recurrent episodes of binge eating
✓ Experience a lack of control over eating
✓ Engage in recurrent compensatory behaviors
-self-induced vomiting
-misuse of laxatives, diuretics, enemas, or other medications
-fasting or excessive exercise
What does BN really look like?
Some causes of BN…
✓ Westernized societal emphasis on the “thin ideals,” culture-bound syndrome
✓ Environmental exposure
✓ Social learning:
✓ Information sharing (i.e., hearing about it from friends or reading material on the
disorder)
✓ Personality (i.e., low self-esteem, perfectionism, more impulsive, and have higher rates of
novelty seeking behaviors)
Comorbidity and BN
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Document Summary
Up to 75% will suffer from anxiety disorders. Anxiety as a risk factor in the development of an. A disorder characterized by recurrent episodes of binge eating in combination with some form of compensatory behavior aimed at undoing the effects of the binge or preventing weight gain. What one needs to be diagnosed with bn . Experience a lack of control over eating. Misuse of laxatives, diuretics, enemas, or other medications. Westernized societal emphasis on the thin ideals, culture-bound syndrome. Information sharing (i. e. , hearing about it from friends or reading material on the disorder) Personality (i. e. , low self-esteem, perfectionism, more impulsive, and have higher rates of novelty seeking behaviors) 80% of people with bn have another psychiatric disorder. Most common disorders seen in conjunction with bn: anxiety disorders, major depression, substance use, and personality disorders. A residual diagnostic category for people who have eating disorders that do not match the classic profile of anorexia nervosa or bulimia nervosa.
