PSYC 3390 Chapter Notes -Reuptake, Antipsychotic, Food Marketing

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 3390
• Professor: Mary Manson

Document Summary

Week 9 - chapter 9 eating disorders and obesity. According to the dsm-iv, eating disorders are characterized by a severe disturbance in eating behaviour. At the heart of bulimia nervosa and anorexia nervosa, is the intense fear of becoming overweight and fat, and an accompanying pursuit of thinness that is relentless and sometimes deadly. Obesity is not considered an eating disorder or a psychological condition in the dsm; however its prevalence is rising at an alarming rate. Obesity also accounts for more morbidity and mortality than all other eating disorders combined. Defined: lack of appetite induced by nervousness. Lack of appetite is not the real problem. Disorder received its name in 1873 when charles lasegue and sir william gull described the clinical syndrome. It is an intense fear of gaining weight or becoming fat, combined with a refusal to maintain even a minimally low body weight. First known medical account of anorexia nervosa 1689 by richard morton.