01:830:340 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Antidepressant, Interpersonal Psychotherapy
26 Dec 2015
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The most obvious characteristic is the refusal to maintain the minimally normal body weight: the term anorexia means loss of appetite . However, those with anorexia do experience hunger. Includes 2 subtypes: restricting type, binge eating/purging type. Significantly low weight (refusal to maintain a minimally normal body weight) Dsm-v doesn"t say how thin is too thin but suggests that a. Bmi under 18. 5 is a useful indicator: 2. Fear isn"t soothed by losing weight: 3. Perceptual, cognitive, or affective disturbance in evaluating ones weight or shape. They have a distorted body image of themselves. Inaccurate perception of their own body size and shape: 4. Reaction to the loss of body fat & associated physiological changes. Constipation, abdominal pain, intolerance to cold, lethargy. Lanugo : fine hair on face or trunk. Anemia, impaired kidney functioning, cardiovascular difficulties, dental erosion, bone loss. Electrolyte imbalance disturbances in levels of potassium, sodium, calcium can lead to cardiac arrest or kidney failure.
