Maudsley Family Therapy

The patient is suffering from Bell’s Palsy, which is flaccid paralysis only on one side of the face. Flaccid paralysis is when a muscle is paralyzed or weakened because the muscles cannot contract. And this is because of never damage. Bell’s Palsy got the name from Dr. Charles Bell in 1821. Because Bell’s palsy come without any warning, people think that they have brain tumor. People that have diabetes and pregnant women are more at risk than other people. This disease is common for people in…

Fad Diets Body image is something that affects people globally, especially women and young adults. People are willing to try a variety of methods to achieve their weight loss goals, some of which are extreme. Fad diets are a common method to lose weight and generally consist of restricted meal plans and lifestyle regimes to either burn more fat or stop the fat going on in the first place. Fad diets come in many shapes and sizes and are often very unhealthy. In many cases they can cause negative…

The South Carolina Department of Mental Health estimates that 8 million people in the United States have some form of an eating disorder. Current research indicates that the leading causes of eating disorders are genetics and environmental factors; while environmental factors cannot cause an eating disorder, many people point a finger at the pressures of having a “perfect image” in today's society. Any of a range of psychological disorders characterized by abnormal or disturbed eating habits…

Overeaters Anonymous Kayla Barnes Indiana University-Purdue University of Fort Wayne Overeaters Anonymous Overeaters Anonymous (OA) is a support group which helps its members to recover from compulsive binge eating, a disorder which causes people to habitually ingest unusually large quantities of food. The majority of people overeat on occasions, like Thanksgiving, for example, but overeating can transition into binge-eating disorder and then it becomes a frequent occurrence. When…

Unlike Farrokh, in the cases of people that are involved in Pro-Ana and have chosen the “lifestyle” of Anorexia, they may be able to go back more smoothly to the way they were before (Yeshua-Katz). Their eating habits are more a form of dieting, like some people may go on a high protein diet and have no issues coming off of it because they are less mentally attached. So it can be said that Anorexia can be a lifestyle due to the fact that some people choose it like one choses to become a…

limits and do not give the client choices. Rationale: defined limits let the client know what is to be expected. 4. Administer Thorazine (Chlorpromazine) as ordered by the doctor. • Assess mental status before and during therapy. • Assess weight and BMI initially and throughout therapy. • Assess positive and negative symptoms of schizophrenia. • Monitor BP, pulse and respiratory rate. • Observe carefully to make sure the medication is being taken. • Assess fluid intake and bowel function. •…

A debilitating and overbearing disease affecting the mind and the body, anorexia nervosa is a psychological disorder that is blind to gender, race, and age. However, certain characteristics in the genetic makeup of an individual have led researchers to believe there are biological cofactors that have a significant impact in the onset and development of anorexia and other related eating disorders. Therefore, through an analysis of intrinsic biology as well as external developmental influence, we…

strategies include psychotherapy, social skills training, relaxation, nutritional therapy and physical aspect management, and pharmacotherapy. These can be used for the athlete to help him treat and manage anorexia nervosa depending on its severity.…

A young girl decides to skip dinner, she ignores her grumbling stomach and her mother gently encouraging her to eat. I just want to be thin she tells herself as she chokes back the tears. A college student consumes an entire bag of fast food hamburgers stressing about upcoming exams, he runs to the bathroom and turns on the fan so his roommate can’t hear him forcing herself to vomit. A young mother locks herself in her room with a large pile of cookies and cake as she binges and shuts out the…

This article analyzes picking and nibbling in youth with eating disorders and what effect it can have on eating disorders in children. Picking and nibbling is defined as the unplanned and repetitive eating between meals and snack, sometimes known as grazing. The hypothesis of this experiment is that picking and nibbling in children could be used as an indicator of an eating disorder or eating disorder behavior. The participants of this experiment included 515 youth aged 7-18 years old. All of…