Autophagia is a disorder which affects many people on a regular basis, though most are mild cases. Understanding the complexity of what autophagia is and the variety of matters it holds is still a relatively new concept and not accepted by many. There are many factors associated with the disorder, which include schizophrenia, obsessive-compulsive disorder, and pica, making it difficult to acknowledge the basis for autophagia. There have been attempts to try to understand the basis of it through the experimentation on rats, though the results are insufficient in terms of support. Nevertheless, having conducted research should be expanded from privately to a more research funded entity. Therefore, in order to understand what autophagia is, a variety of cases and factors should be researched in order to eliminate the limitations of no acknowledgement and little information presented on the topic.
Deciphering Autophagia: The Background of Autophagia and Its Relationship to Other Disorders
Autophagia is eating the parts of one’s own body, having the cases range from very minor instances to very severely (Lo, Schreuder 2014; Hanson, 2014). It can also be considered from a biological standpoint, the body naturally consuming its own tissues (Hanson, 2014). Categorizing autophagia as a disorder depends on a person’s personal opinion, due to the variety of factors associated with the cause. As viewed by some, it is primarily the result of people with personality disorders whom are trying to rid themselves of associated negative aspects. (Yilmaz, Uyanik, Sengül, Yaylaci, Karciolju, Serinken, 2014). Therefore, it becomes seen as the symptom of other disorders, rather than a disorder. Autophagia is referred to in many different manners, su...
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...he need, or desire, to act. The experimentation preformed on the rats, supports the ideology of the necessity for an urge; they ate some their body parts when injuries and malnutrition were both present, creating a strong desire to consume themselves (Nash, 1940). These autophagic incidents have been ben found to range from a low 1% among undiagnosed individuals to 20% in adolescents with prior psychiatric diagnosis (Atai, Ahmed, & Pearce, 2010). Autophagia is researched on a smaller scale compared to other disorders, therefore it hinders the capability to understand all the aspects associated with it. As a result, the only manners available in which to treat the patients are the tending to the physical injuries, the evaluation of their psychiatric state in order to verify if they are a harm to themselves, and the treatment of other psychiatric disorders they have.
In the result of her brother and father near death from a car wreck, my mother had to stay strong for all the siblings and family. The grief across the family was already bad enough and it wouldn’t have gotten better if it wasn’t for my mom getting mentally strong for everybody and keeping hope. It ended up her dad being fine but as for her brother it would've been a miracle if he lived due to the accident. After his rehabilitation and him getting better the family felt great but no one thought it could’ve gotten worse. Since the car was smashed her brothers head and left him with brain problems, Charles (her brother) forgot who the family was. The doctor and the whole family went through a long process of teaching Charles who they were. Eventually he remembered everything except for everything that had happened 2 years before the car crash. This was an experience that the family was not ready for at all and luckily my mom stayed strong for
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Bulimia Nervous, as defined by the National Eating Disorders Association, is a serious, potentially life-threatening eating disorder characterized by a cycle of bingeing and compensatory behaviors such as self-induced vomiting. It affects 1 - 2 percent of the adolescents and young adults. About 80 percent of the people it affects are female. Many people struggling with Bulimia Nervous also struggle with depression and social phobias. The disorder is often shortened from Bulimia Nervosa to just Bulimia. Many people do not understand the severity of the Eating Disorder (ED) at hand. Many people will brush it off as if the sufferer is just wanting attention. What many people do not understand is that, the sufferer has a warped body image and they are suffering mentally and physically with this disorder. Having Bulimia, you binge, and eat your desired food, then you realize the mass of intake and you purge, either through vomiting, exercise, or laxatives. This vicious cycle is a sensation and becomes very addictive which leads the person to the severe disorder of Bulimia Ne...
Eating Disorders (EDs) are a series of often life-threatening mental health disorders which are commonly used as coping mechanisms or as ways to mask one’s problems. The causes of these illnesses are still being researched, and the effects they have on a person’s physical, mental, and emotional wellbeing can often be as long as the sufferer’s life.
Due to the intense nature of the physical symptoms of PD and its impact of one’s life, various researchers has identified different contributory factors of this disorder. Some studies indicated hyperventilation, over activity in the noradrenergic neurotransmitter system, interceptive classical conditioning, anxiety sensitivity, catastrophic misinterpretation of bodily sensations and safety behaviors are potential factors of PD (Davey, 2014). While, other researchers have stated PD is possibly caused by genetic predisposition, abnormalities in serotonin, and early developmental factors (Sansone et al., 1998). As the etiology of PD remains unknown and further studies are being conducted, it is agreed upon the mental health community that biological, psychological and cognitive factors contribute to the etiology and maintenance of PD.
In civilized societies, there are continuous prizing of thinness than ever before. Occasionally, almost everyone is watchful of their weight. Individuals with an eating disorder take extreme measures to concern where they ultimately shift their mode of eating, this abnormal eating pattern threatens their lives and their well-being. According to Reel (2013), eating disorders are continually misapprehended as all about food and eating. However, there is more to that as the dysfunction bears from emotion concealing a flawed relationship with food, physical exercise and oneself. Persons with eating disorders convey fault-finding, poor self- esteem and intense body discontent. This can lead to extreme distress of gaining weight,
With regards to not having control over anorexia, there continue to be discoveries of the brain with anorexia and the change brought to the brain after a prolonged eating disorder. The author, Rosen discovered new findings about anorexia and can explain brain’s involvement which sheds light towards the study of eating disorders. The recent research done with brain imaging of people with eating disorders is leading to many changes in the way we look at mental illnesses. The author introduces Walter Kaye, a director of an eating disorders program at University of California, San Diego. Kelsey Heenan was mentioned, a 20 year old anorexic woman, who thought she was to blame for all her life for her mental illness. Brain scans show that there are differences between a healthy and an anorexic brain. The study consisted of unexpected receiving of rewards and omissions of rewards, by receiving a small amount of sugar as the reward. In the brain of a person with anorexia, the brain activity between receiving and omission was not different. There was however a lot more brain activity compared to a healthy person’s brain and an obese person’s brain. Anorexics are wired differently; some areas of their brain are nub to taste and even pain. Kaye knows that starvation causes brain change so further testing needs to be done to see if the brain change causes the mental illnesses or the other way around. (Rosen 22) These discoveries through brain-imaging can relieve a lot of self-doubt in the patients, which is created by society. It is not their fault that they have this disorder and that it is not going away, but getting worse, it is all because the brain functions have been damaged. Dr. Carrie E. Landa and Jane A. Bybee’s research focused on di...
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As one can see, eating disorders are real diseases with a biological basis that affect the brain and body and should be treated as any other disease. At least 24 million Americans suffer from eating disorders, which have the highest mortality rate of any mental illness. Twenty percent of people with eating disorders will die prematurely due to complications related to the disease. Schizophrenia, depression and a...
Since the first century, eating disorders have been believed to exist. Binging and purging was present in 700 B.C. by the Romans who ate extravagantly at banquets and then rid of the consumed food by forcing it out of their bodies, which would then allow them to continue eating. Another examp...
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Voraciously consuming food disorder despite the fact that does not bring about death additionally contrarily affects human wellbeing it is of significance to take noted of that all eating disorders include an extreme psychological trouble. The sufferer of the eating disorder is regularly fixated on sustenance. Utilization, counting calories, not to mention glorified self-perception that causes him/her to decrease the personal satisfaction and put his/her wellbeing at a great danger brought about by improper eating routine. The main share of eating disorder sufferers don't perceive the issue they have and in this way either decline or forego any medicinal treatment expected to cure the circumstance (Handayani, 2015). Their strange eating conduct