Psychology 2310A/B Chapter Notes - Chapter 11: Binge Eating, Cardiac Arrhythmia, Diaphragmatic Breathing
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Bulimia nervosa (dsm-5: recurrent episodes of binge eating. Triggers of binges: stress and emotional distress --> excessive workload, conflict with friends Age, gender, culture: much more common in industrialized countries --> influence of western society, 90% female, 10% male, usually begins in late adolescence, early adulthood. Prevalence: 1-3% of adolescent, young adult women, up to 20% of university women have some degree of eating disturbance- in the western world girl enrolled in university at university age- not binge purge- but just irregular eating. The binge-purge cycle: negative stimulus is being removed (food is negative and its being removed, shame about engaging in the binge and having to purge. Increase feelings of depression: then to compensate for negative emotions, causes strict dieting, happens in a cycle. Interpersonal therapy has also been shown to be equally effective as cbt in treatment of bulimia in long term, but. Cbt is more effective in the short term (more quick to get an effect)