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Eating Disorders

Eating Disorders. www.psychlotron.org.uk. Psychodynamic explanation Psychological disorders are a manifestation of repressed emotional problems The symptoms of eating disorders symbolise repressed conflicts and motives in the unconscious mind. Desire to remain a child

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Eating Disorders

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  1. Eating Disorders www.psychlotron.org.uk • Psychodynamic explanation • Psychological disorders are a manifestation of repressed emotional problems • The symptoms of eating disorders symbolise repressed conflicts and motives in the unconscious mind

  2. Desire to remain a child Fear of sex & adult sexuality Traumatic sexual experience in childhood? Anorexia Nervosa www.psychlotron.org.uk Conscious Refusal to eat Desire to be thin A prepubescent body Lack of menstruation Unconscious

  3. Guilt and anxiety Purging behaviours Weak and fragile ego can only control the id temporarily Superego punishes the ego for not controlling the id Reduction of guilt and anxiety Overly controlling parents Id’s desire for gratification (physical) Bulimia Nervosa www.psychlotron.org.uk Conscious Uncontrollable desire to eat Unconscious

  4. Wonderlich et al (1996) www.psychlotron.org.uk • Survey of 1099 American women • Sexual experiences during childhood • Eating disorder symptoms • Women with a history of sexual abuse had elevated risk of ED symptoms • Some issues surrounding retrospective data, but has been confirmed in other studies

  5. Eating Disorders www.psychlotron.org.uk • General criticisms: • Some support, mainly from studies of women abused in childhood • However, not all abuse survivors develop EDs, and not all ED sufferers have been abused • Many aspects difficult to test e.g. unconscious motives, repressed memories etc.

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