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Prevalence of eating disorders |
More prevalent in women |
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Anorexia nervosa |
Loss of appetite due to emotional reasons. They become preoccupied with food rather than losing interest Individual refuses to maintain minimally normal body weight, is intensely afraid of gaining weight and shows significant distortion of body perception |
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Self esteem and AN |
Self esteem is linked to maintaining thinness and lower body weight. Overestimate their own size |
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Comorbidity and AN |
Also prone to depression, panic disorder social phobia and substance use disorders Women more likely to develop mania |
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Death and AN |
2x greater than any other phsycholoical disorder 10x than general pop |
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Bulimia Nervosa |
Bingeing and purging Accompanied with lack of self-control |
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Characteristics of binging |
Binge episodes come after poor moods, social experiences and self concepts Stressors involving negative social interactions High levels of sensitivity and self-criticism Continues until uncomfortabley |
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Fat talk |
Fear of becoming fat and negative appraisals of self for being fat. Take turns talking about body Seen as more likeable when engaging Defensive |
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Comorbidity of BN |
Begins young. Often occurs as BMI increases and starts during dieting episode. |
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Similarities between AN and BN |
Intense fear of being overweight Self evaluation is influenced by body weight Sometimes crossover |
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Binge eating disordrr |
Low self esteem, impaired work and social, depression, dissatisfaction. |
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Do genetics effect Ed's? |
Little known but does run in families. Appears to be heritable |
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The brain and EDs |
Hypothalamus malfunctioning.
Controls hunger. Lesions show loss of hunger Hormones abnormal |
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Endo opioids and ED |
Enhance mood, pain reduction, suppress appetite Exercise and starvation increase these and euphoria |
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Culture and ED |
Obese people are viewed as less smart and lazy. Often these stereotypes are promoted by the media Westernized |
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What effects does the media have on cognition? |
Can instill negative moods in young people who are dissatisfied with their bodiede |
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Psychodynamic views of eating disorders |
Symptoms of eating disorders fill some need. Such as increase personal effectiveness or not grow up sexually |
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Family systems theory |
Enmeshment - overinvoled parent may speak for their children Overprotective- extreme levels of concern for welfare Rigidity - maintain status quo Lack of conflict resolution- avoid conflict or constantly fighting |
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Childhood sexual abuse and EDs |
Higher than normal 25% of women Severities predict each other Significant predictors |
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Personality factors and ED |
Different personality traits put you more at risk. Avoidance motivated, neurotic, perfectionist, sensitivity to rewards, low extroversion |
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Perfectionism and ED |
Setting high standards Higher self and other oriented standards |
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Treating EDs |
Typically they deny problem, often only end up in treatment due to doctors referrals Often times hospitalization is required to normalize food intake |
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Maudsley apprach |
Parents finding creative ways to restore children to healthy weight. Parents taught not to blame and be supportive |
