SOWK 2025 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Binge Eating, Dieting, Neurochemistry
9 Sep 2016
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Dsm = diagnostic statistical manual (used by psychologists and psychiatrists to diagnose people with mental disorders) Recurrent episodes of binge eating at least once a week for 3 months (1) eating more than a normal amount of food (2) a sense of lack of control when eating. In partial remission, less than one episode per week for a sustained period of time. In full remission, none of this would be happening. The level of severity depends on the frequency of binge eating. Occurs in normal weight, overweight and obese individuals. Distinct from obesity- most obese individuals do not engage in recurrent binge eating. Twelve-month prevalence in us adult females and males is 1. 6% and 0. 8% More people from ethnic groups are involved in comparison to the other eating disorders. Binge eating consumption occurs in children and is associated with increased body fat, weight gain, and increases in psychological symptoms- common in adolescent and college age people- can be older too.
