PSYC 407 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Eating Disorder, Binge Eating, Underweight
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Relatives of patients with eating disorders are 4-5 times more likely to. Genetic makeup accounts for about half of the equation among causes of develop eating disorders themselves. Nonspecific traits like emotional instability and poor impulse control can lead to tendency to be emotionally responsive to stressful life events and might eat impulsively to relieve stress and anxiety. produce an eating disorder. This vulnerability interacts with social and psychological traits and influences to. Dieting (8 times more likely to develop eating disorder). Attitudes regarding eating disorders and body image are socially transmitted. dietary restraint). Preoccupation with food and how they appear to others. A comprehensive treatment plan including combination of nutritional. The patient"s weight and cardiac and metabolic status determines the acuteness rehabilitation, psychotherapy, and medication is recommended. of the illness and the need for hospitalization. Distorted attitudes toward body weight and shape. Similar format to bulimia with focus on non-bingeing.
