the disorder known as Schizophrenia. The areas of brain affected, causal factors, associated symptoms, neural basis and appropriate drug therapies will be discussed. In addition, the disorders of Anorexia Nervosa and Generalized Anxiety Disorder will also be examined. Both the disorders of Anorexia Nervosa and Generalized Anxiety Disorder will be discussed for their relation to the nature-nurture issue and other appropriate theories of etiology. Possible drug therapies and alternative solutions will
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Anorexia nervosa Antrea Shana Harris Health-PE 122 Mr.Willie Mcgowan October 13, 2014 Anorexia Nervosa is a disorder in which an individual starves them self, characterized by the refusal to consume adequate food or loss of appetite, and therefore endangers their health that originates from emotional or psychological causes. Anorexia nervosa (“nervous anorexia”) is an eating disorder that is characterized by a loss of appetite that endangers an individual’s health that originates from
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------------------------------------------------- Biological, including neural and evolutionary, explanations of anorexia nervosa ------------------------------------------------- Psychology explanations of anorexia nervosa Outline and description of theories | Research evidence and commentary | IntroductionThe DSM-IV Rev identifies three categories of eating disorder: * Anorexia nervosa 1. AN -restricting type – refusal to eat 2. AN- binge eating/purging type – episodes of binge eating followed
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she can barely focus on anything else. According to the National Institute of Mental Health (2007), the two most common disorders are anorexia nervosa and bulimia nervosa. Each is a mental disorder and has its own category. A person with anorexia nervosa is obsessed with being thin and food, at times to the point of self-starvation. A person with bulimia nervosa usually consumes large amounts of food in a short amount of time and then tries to get rid of the extra calories by throwing up or excessive
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Anorexia Nervosa Anorexia nervosa (AN) is an eating disorder that is characterized by the refusal to sustain a healthy weight (Kumar, Tung, & Iqbai, 2010). Many believe that anorexia is more common amongst Caucasian women, but anorexia occurs throughout all cultures and races. AN has the highest mortality rate of an psychiatric disorder (Kumar, Tung, & Iqbai, 2010). Every major organ system is affected because of the malnutrition that anorexia causes. People with anorexia look in the mirror and
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Body Fat and Eating Disorders Paper 1 Week 8 Assignment: Body Fat and Eating Disorders Paper Savanna Engstrom SCI/241 August 26, 2012 Dr. Mike Collins Body Fat and Eating Disorders Paper 2 Body composition is the comparison between muscle and fat in a person’s body. A person’s weight could be high because of either large muscles or having too much extra fat. When a person is overweight because of excess fat, they are at risk of coming down with a variety of very dangerous
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complications and even death. Further, women are more likely than men to develop an eating disorder. There are a number of different types of eating disorders such as anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa, binge eating disorder, night eating syndrome, and female athlete triad. However one of the most common eating disorder is anorexia nervosa. Anorexia nervosa is characterized by weight
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eating disorders, although they were not widely recognized as a physiological disorder until 1973, when Hilde Bruch published Eating Disorders: Obesity Anorexia Nervosa and the Person Within (Michel & Willard, 2003). Eating disorders affect people of all ages, races, classes and genders, although more than ninety percent of anorexia and bulimia nervosa cases occur in females, with a majority of them being from middle and upper class backgrounds (Michel & Willard, 2003). Symptoms include a refusal
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restaurant or having a gathering at home. Anorexia nervosa is when people have a fear of eating because they want to decrease their food intake. Anorexia nervosa is a mental or emotional disorder that has a behavioral component and physical and dietary consequences that can be severe. Anorexia nervosa is around people that have a fear of weight gain and they want to remain thin; they over exercise, so they will not gain any weight. Anorexia nervosa loses weight first, then they starve themselves
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An Overview of Bulimia Nervosa Bulimia Nervosa (BN) is one of the leading eating disorders worldwide alongside anorexia nervosa and continues to pose a major health threat as sufferers experience psychological and medical symptoms that most often lead to complications (Le Grange & Lock, 2007, p. 4). One of these complications is the tendency of bulimic patients to commit suicide because of aggravating sense of despair and loss of hope. According to Pompili, Girardi, Ruberto & Tatarelli (2006)
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