PSYC 3140 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Interpersonal Psychotherapy, Bradycardia, Hlah
10 Dec 2015
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Anorexia nervosa a disorder marked by the pursuit of extreme thinness and by extreme weight loss. Bulimia nervosa a disorder marked by frequent eating binges that are followed by forced vomiting or other extreme compensatory behaviors to avoid gaining weight (binge-purge syndrome) Binge an episode of uncontrollable eating during which a person ingests a very large quantity of food. Binge eating disorder a disorder marked by frequent binges but not extreme compensatory behaviours. Multidimensional risk perspective a theory that identifies several kinds of risk factors that are thought to combine to help cause a disorder; the more factors present, the greater the risk of developing the disorder. Hypothalamus a part of the brain that helps regulate various bodily functions, including eating and hunger. Lateral hypothalamus (lh) a brain region that produces hunger when activated. Ventromedial hypothalamus (vmh) a brain region that depresses hunger when activated.
