PSY 101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 58: Binge Eating Disorder, Bulimia Nervosa, Binge Eating
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Anorexia nervosa self-esteem linked with body weight and shape, weight loss= achievement & self- discipline, weight gain= failed self-control, usually deny being thin or medically vulnerable, family or friends bring them to treatment. Usually normal weight or slightly overweight, no sense of "achievement", instead distressed, shameful and guilty. Binge eating disorder characteristics frequent episodes of binge eating, typically overweight or obese, no compensatory weight loss behaviors, age of onset 30-50. Medical complication of anorexia death from heat arrhythmias, kidney damage, renal failure medical complication of bulimia electrolyte imbalances, damage to hands, throat and teeth. Diagnostic crossover common among subtypes of ___________, uncommon between. Eating disorders associated with following disorders clinical depression, obsessive-compulsive disorder, substance abuse disorders, various personality disorders. Risk and causal factors in eating disorders multidetermined: biological factors, sociocultural factors, family influences, individual risk factors. Biological factors eating disorders hereditary tendency--^set-pt theory--^brain abnormalities--^serotonin. Sociocultural factors eating disorders media-related idealized extreme thinness, female internalized ideal, western values toward thinness.
