PSYC 2000 Lecture Notes - Lecture 26: Bulimia Nervosa, Anorexia Nervosa, Binge Eating
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Substance related and addictive disorders, sleep wake disorders, (cid:374)eurode(cid:448)elop(cid:373)e(cid:374)tal disorders, (cid:374)euro(cid:272)og(cid:374)iti(cid:448)e disorders . Anorexia nervosa: a condition in which a person reduces eating to the point that their body weight is significantly low or less than minimally expected. I(cid:374)te(cid:374)se fear of gai(cid:374)i(cid:374)g (cid:449)eight/(cid:271)ei(cid:374)g (cid:862)fat(cid:863) or (cid:271)eha(cid:448)ior that i(cid:374)terferes (cid:449) weight gain. Buli(cid:373)ia (cid:374)er(cid:448)osa: a (cid:272)o(cid:374)ditio(cid:374) i(cid:374) (cid:449)hi(cid:272)h a perso(cid:374) de(cid:448)elops a (cid:272)(cid:455)(cid:272)le of (cid:862)(cid:271)i(cid:374)gi(cid:374)g(cid:863), or overeating enormous amounts of food at one sitting, and then using unhealthy methods to avoid weight gain. Binge-eating disorder also involves uncontrolled binge eating but differs from bulimia primarily in that individuals with binge-eating disorder do no purge. Both = sense of lack of control. Belie(cid:448)e the(cid:455)"re (cid:374)ot i(cid:374) (cid:272)o(cid:374)trol of their eati(cid:374)g (cid:271)eha(cid:448)ior duri(cid:374)g ti(cid:373)e of binging - can cause distress and anxiety. Greatest risk factors appear to be someone being an adolescent or young adult female. Diff values placed on eating and on starvation for socially-recognized reasons.
