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- 1. Anorexia Nervosa By:Kevin Feng AP Psych 5 th Period
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- 3. What Is AnorexiaNervosa? For starters, anorexia nervosa is a psychological eating disorder It involves the idea that if you limit what you eat, then you would be the “perfect size” that society wants you to be It leads to starvation and inability to stay at a minimum body size considered for a healthy person
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- 5. What is AnorexiaNervosa? (Cont.) People with anorexia nervosa have an intense fear of weight gain They starve themselves and constantly exercise even when they are underweight They also trying and vomit or throw-up what they eat so they don’t gain any weight
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- 7. Symptoms Blotchy and/oryellow skin Confused or slow thinking Dental cavities due to self-induced vomiting Depression Dry mouth
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- 9. Symptoms (Cont.) Extremesensitivity to cold Fine Hair, loss of hair Low blood pressure Poor memory, poor judgment Significant weight loss
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- 11. Behaviors Associated withAnorexia Nervosa Cutting food into small pieces Exercising compulsively Restricting amount of food Using laxatives, enemas, or diuretics inappropriately in an effort to lose weight
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- 13. Treatment Treatment includeantidepressant drug therapy if it develops into depression Behavioral therapy in order to extinguish unwanted behavior Psychotherapy would help the client deal with the problems that they have with living Supportive care would help the client get through hardships
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- 15. Causes The exactcauses are unknown for there are many factors that influence this psychological eating disorder Genetics for one and social attitudes for could be involved, also Anorexia nervosa is common in someone whose other family member has it
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- 17. General Facts Theterm “anorexia” was first coined by Sir William Gull, one of Queen Victoria’s personal assistant The term is Greek with “a” meaning a prefix of negation and “orexis” means a lack of eating
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- 19. Environmental Factors Thereare sociocultural factors that have highlighted the role of cultural factors; how a certain culture influences your likelihood of obtaining such a disease like anorexia nervosa A recent study of 989,871 Swedish residents indicated that gender, ethnicity and socio-economic status were large influences of the chance of developing anorexia
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- 21. Men’s Relationship WithAnorexia Nervosa Over some time now, there has been increasingly more men suffering from anorexia nervosa Among the men, eating disorders are most common in the gay or bi-sexual communities
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- 23. Other Methods ofTreatment It has been used, with quite some success that zinc supplements help the patient regain weight Intake of the omega-3 fatty acids have also helped the patient gain weight and the use of medical nutrition therapy (MNT) Medical nutritional therapy is a therapeutic approach to treat medical conditions and their symptoms with a specialized diet which is monitored by a registered dietician
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- 25. Statistics of EatingDisorders According to the South Carolina Department of Mental Health, it is estimated that 8 million Americans have eating disorders, over 200 women suffer from anorexia and 10-15% of people suffer from anorexia or bulimia Nearly half of Americans knows someone with an eating disorder