The two approaches used based from the case study which was understanding Leah's eating disorder are : psychodynamic approach and social learning.
The factors that contributed to Leah's eating disorder can be attributed to her psychological - dysfunctional family history/childhood experiences (neglected by biological parents and removed from their care, found malnourished and living in dirty conditions ) and sociological - family dynamics ( sister was bullied from school for being overweight and Carla, her adoptive mother has healthy weight and proud of weight and occasionally skip meals if she has gained weight. With all these factors, the psychodynamic approach is used since anorexia nervosa is a mental disorder and one of the very influential
The factors that contributed to Leah's eating disorder can be attributed to her psychological - dysfunctional family history/childhood experiences (neglected by biological parents and removed from their care, found malnourished and living in dirty conditions ) and sociological - family dynamics ( sister was bullied from school for being overweight and Carla, her adoptive mother has healthy weight and proud of weight and occasionally skip meals if she has gained weight. With all these factors, the psychodynamic approach is used since anorexia nervosa is a mental disorder and one of the very influential