PSY 1205 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Antipsychotic, Olanzapine, Tryptophan
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Bmi: body mass index: a weight to height ratio used as indicator weight status (underweight, normal weight, overweight, obese). Anorexia nervosa: dsm criteria: anorexia itself just means appetite loss (could exist in cancer patients on chemo for example), the nervosa adds this connotation of eating disorder with food anxiety. Then breaks down into mild (17-18bm), moderate, severe, based on bmi. Restriction of energy intake relative to requirement leading to a significantly low body weight. Intense fear of gaining weight or becoming fat, or persistent behavior that interferes with weight gain, even though already at significantly low weight. This can lead to social affects too b/c eating is a social thing typically. Disturbance in the way in which one"s body weight or shape is experienced, undue influence of body weight or shape on self-evaluation, or persistent lack of recognition of the seriousness of current low body weight.
