PSYC 3140 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Female Sexual Arousal Disorder, Hypoactive Sexual Desire Disorder, Fatal Familial Insomnia

• School: York University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 3140
• Professor: Stephen Fleming

Document Summary

Bulimia nervosa: out of control eating episodes , or binges, followed by self-induced vomiting, excessive use of laxatives or other attempts to purge . Anorexia nervosa: person eats nothing beyond minimal amounts of food: characterized by overwhelming, all-encompassing drive to be thin, highest mortality rate of any disorder. Rates for bulimia rose dramatically near late 1970s, may relate to increased prevalence of dieting & preoccupation w/ body amongst young women & social pressure toward consumption, food availability. William gull: first used term anorexia nervosa: 1872. Bulimia described in 1970s, when eating were included for 1st time as separate group in. Dsm-iv: previously classified in infancy, child & adolescence disorders. Increase tends to be culturally specific ( young females , but evidence suggests is now global. The hallmark of bulimia is eating a larger amt of food (mostly junk) than most ppl would eat under similar circumstances.