PSY220H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Defecation, Promiscuity, Twin Study
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Persistent disturbance of eating-related behaviour: altered consumption or absorption of food o. Refusal to maintain body (weight relative to height) Perceptions of weight/shape (even when they"re thin, they think they"re too. Self-evaluation (how their body weight affects their opinion of themselves) Absence of menstrual period for at least 3 months in a row. Intense fear of gaining weight/becoming fat, or behaviour that interferes with. Going for a 2 hour run after eating a piece of lettuce. Regular binge-eating or purging behaviour (3 months: severity (dsm-5, mild: bmi greater than or equal to 17kg/m2, moderate: bmi between 16 and 16. 99kg/m2. Just doing whatever you can to counteract the effects of binging. Like using a laxative/diuretic or exercising excessively or fasting. In a short period of time (like 2 hours) Rule out an (at one point in time: dsm-5. If someone meets criteria for anorexia, they can"t meet criteria for bulimia.