PSY 240 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Binge Eating Disorder, Ethanol, Eating Disorder
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Definition: a disorder marked by the pursuit of extreme thinness and by extreme loss of weight. Others lose weight by abusing laxatives and engage in eating binges and then purge. Normally starts after a person has been on a diet. More than half overestimate their body size: also display psychological problems like depression, anxiety, ocd. Medical problems: women can develop amenorrhea, amenhorrhea: the absence of menstrual cycles, lowered body temp, low blood pressure, body swelling, reduced bone mineral density, can cause skin to become rough and dry. Definition: a disorder marked by frequent eating binges that are followed by frequent eating binges that are followed by forced vomiting or other extreme compensatory behaviors to avoid gaining weight (binge-purge syndrome) Binge occurs over a limited period of time. Compensatory behaviors- forcing themselves to vomit, laxatives, diuretics, fasting, exercising excessively. Weight usually stays within a normal range. Most fully recognize that they have an eating disorder.