PS280 Chapter Notes - Chapter 10: Mass Media, Menstrual Cycle, Personality Disorder
Document Summary
In the 1960s and 1970s, western societies became more enamoured with thin physiques for women. Anorexia nervosa morbid fear of fatness, perceive themselves as far, reduce food intake to point of emaciation. Bulimia nervosa periods of food restriction alternative with periods of binge eating, wherein excessive amounts of food are consumed, followed by compensation by vomiting, laxatives, hyper-exercising, or starving oneself. Binge-eating disorder recurrent episodes of binge-eating without regular, inappropriate compensatory behaviours to try to rid body of calories. Increasing prevalence of eating disorders, particularly bulimia, among girls, young women, and young men. Lifetime prevalence of bulimia: 1. 1% for women, 0. 1% for men. 5-10% of all cases occur in men. Presence of eating disorder symptomatology tends to be 2x higher than full syndrome rates. Large proportion of individuals who meet diagnostic criteria for eating disorder do not receive appropriate mental health care. Highest mortality rate of all the psychiatric disorders (5-8%) More people recover with treatment than without treatment.
