PSYB32H3 Chapter Notes - Chapter 10: Impulse Control Disorder, Blood Pressure, Laxative
25 Oct 2013
School
Department
Course
Professor
Document Summary
Chapter 10 eating disorders: eating disorder not otherwise specified (ednos): the most common eating disorder diagnosis characterize by heterogeneous symptoms and associated features that do not fit the symptoms of other eating disorders. Impulsivity may become so extreme that it manifests as an impulse control disorder. The most common impulse control disorders among these women were compulsive buying disorder and kleptomania: co-twins of patients diagnosed with anorexia nervosa, for example, are themselves more likely than average to have bulimia nervosa. Anorexia refers to loss of appetite, and nervosa indicates that this is for emotional reasons. The term is something of a misnomer because most patients with anorexia nervosa actually do not lose their appetite or interest in food. The tendency to link self-esteem and self-evaluation with thinness is known as overevaluation of appearance. In females, the extreme emaciation causes amenorrhea, the loss of the menstrual period.
