PSY 262 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Anorexia Nervosa, Binge Eating, Tooth Enamel

• School: University of Hartford
• Department: Psychology - A&S
• Course: PSY 262
• Professor: Crowell Katherine

Document Summary

Eating disorders: eating disorders - highest mortality rate, types of eating disorders. Extreme dissatisfaction with one"s muscularity: disordered eating often accompanied by depression, substance abuse, and suicidal ideation, influencing factors. Societal emphasis on thinness: unrealistic images in magazines, obesity in the us. 68 percent of adults were overweight as of 2012: anorexia nervosa (an, characterized by extreme thinness, occurs primarily in adolescent girls and young women, most people with the disorder continue to insist they are overweight. Even when clearly emaciated: anorexia nervosa subtypes, restricting, weight loss through severe dieting or exercising. Individuals with this type tend to be more introverted: binge-eating/purging. Some recover after one episode: others fluctuate between weight gain and relapse, others have chronic and deteriorating course, factors linked to unfavorable outcomes. Purging, vomiting, and obsessive-compulsive eating behaviors: high mortality rate, associated characteristics, depression, anxiety, loss of sexual interest, substance abuse.