PSYC 3140 Lecture : Eating Disorders
26 Dec 2011
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Rumination disorder- always bring up food and throw it up. Since 1950s increasing differeence in diagnosis of the disorders. Eating disorders more deadly than any other disorders, even depression. 5-10 percent of ppl diagnosed with anorexia will die within 10 yrs of developing the. Eating disorders are largely thought of through cultural and social factors. 90 percent of eating disorders are diagnosed in women. Appeared to be a disease of affluent women, who were in socially competetive. Women in college have high rates of eating disorder. Patters of eating disorders are creeping up due to exposure to western media and. Increasing rates of eating disorders in african women too in comparison to before. When the prevalence was low (may be due to lack of attention to that group) Anorexia nervosa first described as a disorder in 1873, simultaneously by 2 doctors, william gull and. Charles lasegue. y primary symptoms- refusal to eat.
