Evaluation of Anorexia Nervosa
Preface
A topic was given to everyone in the class based on the subject
'Abnormal' Behavior. The aim was to present the findings of the
subject to the class accompanied with a hand out. Within this report
will be a list of evidence surrounding the subject matter Anorexia
Nervosa and an evaluation of the presentation.
Contents
Section Description Page Number
1 Signs and symptoms 4
2 Causes 5
3 Difficulties encountered 6
4 Professionals who help 7
5 Treatments 8
6.1 Explanations of condition 9
Through five main perspectives:
6.2 Biological 9
6.3 Psychodynamic 9
6.4 Behaviorist 10
6.5 Cognitive 10
6.6 Humanist 11
7 Evaluation 12
Signs and Symptoms
1. Signs and Symptoms.
Eating Disorders are characterized by psychical and psychological
harmful eating patterns; these patterns are categorized as 'Behavior
Syndromes' associated with psychological disturbances and psychical
factors.
Anorexia Nervosa means nervous loss of appetite, there are many
contributing factors however for the anorexic person it does not mean
loss of interest in food, it is quite the opposite.
Food is always on the brain for the anorexic, many dream of food, read
cook books back to back and prepares meals for family and friends this
does not mean these are the warning signs however it does give a
background into the mind of an anorexic.
If an anorexic does eat it is on secret and performed in a ritual by
cutting food into small pieces and categorized in groups
good/safe/bad.
For the anorexic they restrict their food intake as there is a fear of
being overweight and not being able to lose the weight.
This can lead to factors such as depression and anxiety with usually
co-exist with eating disorders.
Anorexics see a distorted body image; their view of the body is the
opposite of what everyone else sees. It starts off with being slightly
Anorexia Nervosa may be described directly as an eating disease classified by a deficit in weight, not being able to maintain weight appropriate for one’s height. Anorexia means loss of appetite while Anorexia Nervosa means a lack of appetite from nervous causes. Before the 1970s, most people never heard of Anorexia Nervosa. It was identified and named in the 1870s, before then people lived with this mental illness, not knowing what it was, or that they were even sick. It is a mental disorder, which distorts an individual’s perception of how they look. Looking in the mirror, they may see someone overweight
The lecture discussed a single case study of sixteen-year-old girl who was dealing with anorexia. The speaker, Fisher, stated that he spoke to her parents only twice over the span of four and a half years that he worked with the girl. The initial meeting was to get some background information before the sessions started and the other was further into the sessions. During the only face to face meeting with the parents, he found that there were no outstanding issues in the family that could have caused the eating disorder, anorexia. In the first sixteen years of her life, she was a good daughter who seemed to be almost too good. She was obedient and kind and never got in trouble. She was an honor roll student who was in clubs that were considered
Anorexics are terrified of gaining weight. Food and weight become obsessions. Many of these obsessions may show up in strange eating rituals, such as moving food around their plate and preparing a huge dinner and then refusing to eat any of it. An anorexic’s diet will include restricting her/his total calorie intake to fewer than one thousand calories a day. Many anorexics avoid fattening, high calorie foods and also eliminate meats. Their diet mainly consists of almost completely low-calorie vegetables, such as lettuce and carrots, or popco...
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Websites promoting anorexia, created by anorexics themselves, are of growing concern. The Eating Disorders Association estimates there are an estimated ten million women and one million men suffering from anorexia, bulimia, and compulsive eating in the US alone. Pro-Anna sites are helping to give incentive to sufferers to throw up their last meal and to reinforce their 500-calorie-a-day diet. These so-called clubs may not cause anorexia but they encourage members to lose weight and avoid recovery.
Out of all mental illnesses found throughout the world, eating disorders have the highest mortality rate. Anorexia nervosa is one of the more common eating disorders found in society, along with bulimia nervosa. Despite having many definitions, anorexia nervosa is simply defined as the refusal to maintain a normal body weight (Michel, 2003). Anorexia nervosa is derived from two Latin words meaning “nervous inability to eat” (Frey, 2002). Although anorexics, those suffering from anorexia, have this “nervous inability to eat,” it does not mean that they do not have an appetite—anorexics literally starve themselves. They feel that they cannot trust or believe their perceptions of hunger and satiation (Abraham, 2008). Anorexics lose at least 15 percent of normal weight for height (Michel, 2003). This amount of weight loss is significant enough to cause malnutrition with impairment of normal bodily functions and rational thinking (Lucas, 2004). Anorexics have an unrealistic view of their bodies—they believe that they are overweight, even if the mirror and friends or family say otherwise. They often weigh themselves because they possess an irrational fear of gaining weight or becoming obese (Abraham, 2008). Many anorexics derive their own self-esteem and self-worth from body weight, size, and shape (“Body Image and Disordered Eating,” 2000). Obsession with becoming increasingly thinner and limiting food intake compromises the health of individuals suffering from anorexia. No matter the amount of weight they lose or how much their health is in jeopardy, anorexics will never be satisfied with their body and will continue to lose more weight.
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.
Anorexia nervosa is a potentially life-threatening eating disorder characterized by a lack of self-esteem, an intense fear of becoming obese, and self-induced starvation due to a distorted body image (Durham, 1991). Anorexia can occur later in life, but it is most common in girls between the ages of fourteen and eighteen. According to the Center for Change, recent estimates suggest that 1% of Americans within this age range will, to some degree, develop anorexia and 10-20% will eventually die from related complications.
The video published by the Pilsen Wellness Center features a medical student named Ms. Nehazia Shah who defines and describes two of the most well-known and majorly disruptive eating disorders, anorexia nervosa and bulimia nervosa. Ms. Shah characterizes individuals with anorexia as being extremely fearful of gaining weight, unwilling to eat to maintain a normal weight, and extremely critical of and insecure about their body weight and shape. She also delineates the two sub-types of the disorder: restriction type and binge/purge type. Bulimia nervosa is then defined, and those with this condition eat great quantities of food in regular binges and then induce themselves to vomit to “get rid of” it, and they will often abuse laxatives. Unlike anorexics, who are below 85% of the normal weight, bulimics are typically normal weight or overweight. Women are more susceptible for either disorder than men, especially when they have low self-esteem; anorexia is more common with those with higher socioeconomic status, while bulimia is more common in those with mood disorders. Finally,
Anorexia nervosa, often referred to simply as anorexia, is an eating disorder characterized by low weight, fear of gaining weight, and a strong desire to be thin, resulting in food restriction. Many people with anorexia see themselves as overweight even though they are in fact underweight.
Anorexia Nervosa (AN) is a complex eating disorder with roots stemming from a combination of the forces of nature and nurture. The purpose of this paper is to gain a deeper understanding of the pathogenesis of AN in order to facilitate its treatment. Four lines of evidence are analyzed: studies of neurobiology in anorectics, genetic factors, the role of culture & media, and disturbances in familial relationships. Although there are cultural influences associated with the development of AN, the results of the studies reviewed in this article side with the nature side of the debate. The paper concludes that there is no single mechanism confining the causes of AN, but rather an interplay of different factors and individual differences.
Diagnostic Criteria for Anorexia Nervosa from the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorder. fifth edition (DSM-V) is a restriction of energy intake relative to requirement, leading to a significantly low body weight in the context of age, sex, developmental trajectory, and physical health According to my Abnormal Psychology textbook Anorexia is describe as an eating disorder in which a person is obsessed by thoughts of an unattainable image of “Perfect” thinness. This occurs by starvation and or excessive exercise which can result in death for some people if not treated. It can also cause damage to numerous of our vital organs like our heart. Anorexia Nervosa has the highest mortality rate of all mental disorders. People
Anorexia may not be noticed in early stages. The Anorexic usually chooses to wear layered and baggy clothes to hide the “ugly fat body” .An Anorexic may have ritualistic eating patterns such as cutting food into little tiny pieces and weighing themselves. These can be found in people who are on a healthy diet, but in Anorexics these behaviors are extremely exaggerated. Other warnings are deliberate self-starvation with weight loss, fear of gaining weight, refusal to eat, denial of hunger, constant exercising, sensitivity to cold, absent or irregular periods, loss of scalp perception of being fat when the person is really to this. Some other associated features are depressed mood, somatic sexual dysfunction, and ...
When things seem out of control in one’s life, they may find the control that they seek through extreme dieting. Some factors that contribute to eating disorders can be quite personal. Having a difficult and troubled past is not uncommon in eating disorder sufferers. History of being bullied and abuse is also not uncommon (NEDA, Factors That May Contribute to Eating Disorders).
While there are many types of eating disorders Anorexia Nervosa is the most commonly known disorder than can range from any gender or age. In the U.S. alone at least 30 million people of all ages and genders suffer from an eating disorder. This deadly, but treatable, eating disorder can not only affect one's physical state, but also mental.