PSYB32H3 Study Guide - Enmeshment, Bulimia Nervosa, Water–Electrolyte Imbalance
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Short answer: purging from bn can cause electrolyte imbalance, damage enamel of teeth, swollen salivary glands and lung infection through inhaled food, characteristics of bulimic women are depression, anxiety, substance abuse and personality disorders. They may also have problems with stealing and promiscuity (suggest impulsiveness: there is a genetic diathesis for eating disorders. Close relatives more likely to have eating disorders, and there"s concordance in mz twins: eating disorders are less prevalent in non-industrialized countries and more likely in na. This suggests cultural expectation of thinness in western society. www. notesolution. com: bruch"s psychodynamic view of eating disorders is that it comes from parent"s imposing their beliefs on children w/o considering their wants. Child doesn"t recognize internal needs (hunger) and uses society"s emphasis on thinness to be in control and have identity: minuchin"s family systems model of cause of eating disorders is the family"s conflicts. The eating disorder allows the family to shift focus away from other conflicts.
