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Anorexia Nervosa Norberto Casas

Anorexia Nervosa Norberto Casas. Anorexia nervosa:. An eating disorder characterized by an inability to maintain normal weight, or an intense fear of gaining weight, and distorted body perception. . Associated features Intense fear Abusing laxatives Purge Mood swings

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Anorexia Nervosa Norberto Casas

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  1. Anorexia NervosaNorberto Casas

  2. Anorexia nervosa: • An eating disorder characterized by an inability to maintain normal weight, or an intense fear of gaining weight, and distorted body perception.

  3. Associated features • Intense fear • Abusing laxatives • Purge • Mood swings • Lose your appetite

  4. Exhausted • Checking for flaws in front of mirror • Obsession with calories, fat grams and nutrition • Want to imitate media idols • Felt like she was drowning

  5. Criteria: A. Refusal to maintain body weight at or above a minimally normal weight for age and height (e.g; weight loss leading to maintenance of body weight less than 85% of what that expected; or failure to make expected weight gain during period of growth, leading to body weight less than that 85% expected.

  6. B. intense fear of gaining weight or becoming fat. Even though underweight. • C. disturbance in the way in which one’s body weight or shape is experienced, under influence of the body weight of shape on self- evaluation or denial of the seriousness of the current low boy weight.

  7. D. In postmenarcheal females, amenorrhea is the absence of the three consecutive menstrual cycles. ( a woman is considered to have amenorrhea if her periods occur only following hormone. Eg estrogen, Administration).

  8. Specify type: • Restricting type: during the current episode of anorexia nervosa, the person has not regularly engaged in binge-eating or purging behavior (self-induced vomiting or the misuse of laxatives, Diuretics or enemas).

  9. Binge-eating/ purging type: during the current episodes of anorexia nervosa, the person has regularly engaged in binge-eating or purging behavior. (i.eself-induced vomiting or the misuse of laxatives, directs, or enemas).

  10. Etiology • Insecure about self image • Made fun off of bullying • Do not want a distorted body

  11. Family inherited • Family influences • Cultural pressure

  12. Prevalence • Range from low 0.5% to a high of 3.7% in women. • Males- one tenth that of women. • Between the ages 13-18 • 90% of the case occur in females

  13. Treatment • One on one therapy • Group therapy • Body image groups • Nutritional education

  14. Prognosis • Only 1 in 10 receive treatment • 6% die for anorexia nervosa • 30-40 percent fully recover

  15. Discussion question • How would operant conditioning help increase the probability of recovery to those who have anorexia nervosa?

  16. References • Halgin,R.P. & Whitbourne, S.K. (2005). Abnormal Psychology: Clinical Perspective On Psychological Disorders. New York, NY: Mc Graw-Hill. Myers, D.G. (2011). Myer’s Psychology for Ap. New York, NY: worth publishers. Facts about eating disorders. (2012). (March). (17). Facts about eating disorders. Retrieved from (News paper source).

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