PSYB32H3 Lecture 10: Chapter 10 – Eating Disorders
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Eating disorders (ed): onset usually in childhood or adolescence. Prevalence rates are 0. 8% in women and 0. 2% in men, occur mostly among those age 15-24, Comorbid with depression, panic disorders, social phobia, mania, agoraphobia, substance abuse, and preceding impulse disorders (kleptomania and compulsive buying). They display perfectionism, body dissatisfaction, interpersonal distrust, confused about emotions and fear of maturing. There are 5 main types: (1) anorexia nervosa (an): where anorexia refers to loss of appetite and nervosa indicates the anorexia is due to emotional reasons. The person refuses to maintain a normal body weight (85+% less than normal) for their height by dieting or purging using vomiting, laxatives, diuretics. There is an intense fear of gaining weight, which is not reduced by weight loss due to belief that they can never be thin enough. There is a distorted sense of body size, the person constantly weighs/measures themselves, and females experience amenorrhea (least important to diagnosis).
