PSYC 134 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Fasting Girl, Polyphagia, Solitude
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Just post and post critically about the lectures (you don"t have to make a new discussion, replies are ok) Monday april 18th: email ucsdpsych134@gmail. com and propose the idea for the midterm project. First formally characterized using this name by william gull in 1873. Symptoms may have first been described centuries ago. Historical context: demonic possession (4th/5th century) person should not eat, restrict intake, etc self starvation deaths, 700-1000ad: st wilgefortis. Peach fuzz if you are underweight, your body will grow this to keep warm: 12th century fasting (216 women were sainted and holy anorexia/divine intervention) St veronica (sneak out of her bed, excessive exercise, binge eating: most are religious in nature how similar is the behavior from these historical context to diagnostic criteria. Reason is not because of body shape/weight but because of religious reasons: 1873: sir william gull named anorexia nervosa officially. However many people described an but got no credit for it.
