PSYB32H3 Chapter Notes - Chapter 10: Binge Eating Disorder, Anorexia Nervosa, Bulimia Nervosa
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Eating disorders can cause long-term psychological, social, and health problems. There is a newly proposed variation known as purging disorder: this is a form of bulimia that involves self-induced vomiting or laxative use at least once a week for a minimum of system. six months. Fink et al. concluded that purging disorder patients have levels of disturbed eating and associated forms of psychopathology that are comparable with patients with other eating disorders, but purging disorder patients have certain distinguishing features. One clear feature of purging disorder is high impulsivity. Impulsivity in eating disorders is receiving increasing attention. The onset of the impulse control disorder preceded the eating disorder rather than vice versa: the most common buying disorder among these women were compulsive buying disorder and kleptomania (i. e. , compulsive stealing) It has been suggested that the fear of fat criterion included in anorexia nervosa may not apply to anorexic females in certain cultures (e. g. , china).
