Disorders
Health Consequences
Anorexia Nervosa
• muscle weakness
• kidney failure from dehydration
• loss of bone density
• dry skin and hair
• abnormal heart rate
• low blood pressure (indicates changes in the heart muscle)
Bulimia Nervosa
• gastric ruptures during or after binging
• possible esophagus inflammation and rupture
• tooth decay
• irregular bowel movements and constipation
• pancreatitis
Binge-eating Disorder
• high cholesterol
• high blood pressure
• heart disease
• type II disease
• gallbladder disease
Table 1
Table 1 contains a list of the most common eating disorders and the health consequences that could potentially occur after a patient has been suffering from this for some time.
TREATMENT
Treatment for eating disorders …show more content…
In this kind of treatment patients are given various tools in order to deal with stress, behaviors, and unhealthy thoughts. It is used to help the patients function better in their everyday lives. Two specific types of psychotherapy used with eating disorders are cognitive behavior therapy, and the Maudsley …show more content…
This type of treatment focuses on the restoration of weight and helping to develop the proper development trajectory for adolescents. This approach is intensive, mainly involving the parents of the diagnosed individual.2,11 The role of the parents is to help the adolescent regain normal weight levels and encourage their development despite the disorder. There are a total of three phases to the Maudley Approach; weight restoration, return of control over eating, and helping the child establish a healthy identity.11
There are up to 20 treatment sessions which are conducted over the period of a year. In phase one, a therapist is involved in helping the patient understand all the medical dangers and consequences of the eating disorder, the family dynamics in terms of eating habits, and teaching parents skills to help re-feed their child.11 In the second phase, the parents demand that the child increases their food intake and for steady weight gain.11 The parents are the main aspect of this part of the therapy. The final stage starts when the child starts to maintain a weight over 95% by themselves.11 This changes the therapy to examine the impact of the eating disorder on the family and individual. Though there have been no empirical research studies done to evaluate the effectiveness of this approach, it employs the use of psychotherapy which has been proven to help those suffering from an eating
Health Consequences
Anorexia Nervosa
• muscle weakness
• kidney failure from dehydration
• loss of bone density
• dry skin and hair
• abnormal heart rate
• low blood pressure (indicates changes in the heart muscle)
Bulimia Nervosa
• gastric ruptures during or after binging
• possible esophagus inflammation and rupture
• tooth decay
• irregular bowel movements and constipation
• pancreatitis
Binge-eating Disorder
• high cholesterol
• high blood pressure
• heart disease
• type II disease
• gallbladder disease
Table 1
Table 1 contains a list of the most common eating disorders and the health consequences that could potentially occur after a patient has been suffering from this for some time.
TREATMENT
Treatment for eating disorders …show more content…
In this kind of treatment patients are given various tools in order to deal with stress, behaviors, and unhealthy thoughts. It is used to help the patients function better in their everyday lives. Two specific types of psychotherapy used with eating disorders are cognitive behavior therapy, and the Maudsley …show more content…
This type of treatment focuses on the restoration of weight and helping to develop the proper development trajectory for adolescents. This approach is intensive, mainly involving the parents of the diagnosed individual.2,11 The role of the parents is to help the adolescent regain normal weight levels and encourage their development despite the disorder. There are a total of three phases to the Maudley Approach; weight restoration, return of control over eating, and helping the child establish a healthy identity.11
There are up to 20 treatment sessions which are conducted over the period of a year. In phase one, a therapist is involved in helping the patient understand all the medical dangers and consequences of the eating disorder, the family dynamics in terms of eating habits, and teaching parents skills to help re-feed their child.11 In the second phase, the parents demand that the child increases their food intake and for steady weight gain.11 The parents are the main aspect of this part of the therapy. The final stage starts when the child starts to maintain a weight over 95% by themselves.11 This changes the therapy to examine the impact of the eating disorder on the family and individual. Though there have been no empirical research studies done to evaluate the effectiveness of this approach, it employs the use of psychotherapy which has been proven to help those suffering from an eating