Read the article by Wilson et. al. on the behavioral approaches to the treatment of eating disorders. Choose an eating disorder that is reviewed in this article and in the text. Review the proposed physiological and behavioral mechanisms of this...…
Eating disorders are not something you can take lightly and there are serious psychological issues in the mindset of one who encounters them. With these theories as the basis of the story, the author also includes medical terminology to add a scientific perspective to her writings and enable readers to recall information and learn more about the eating disorder itself.…
Thesis: A social issue that plagues our world today are eating disorders, but these can be helped by Christian counselors, who fix the problem by letting patients struggling with eating disorders know that they are important to God, God values their body, and that God cherishes when we recognize our weaknesses and give our burdens to him.…
Image is very crucial for a teenager; the pressure of school and fitting in with there classmates and friends can be very difficult for a teenager. It is when a teenager starts taking image to the extreme and starts harming themselves by starving themselves. More and more teenagers are becoming anorexic and bulimic and it is not only affecting girls but boys are starting to come out and say they have an eating disorder. Anorexia and bulimia is a disorder that can not be taken lightly and needs to have more focus and the dangers to be taught to youth.…
Clearly, a person must first be willing to admit there is a problem with their eating habits, and that person must be willing to enter treatment. Once this is accomplished, the first priority in treating eating disorders, is ensuring that the patient recovers to a healthy weight (Hartung & Stevens), this can limit the physiological issues that are caused by being underweight. The next steps can often be the most difficult, which is dealing with the mental issues and helping the patient to recover healthy self-worth and self-image. The next step of treatment, once low weight is not causing imminent danger, is psychological treatment of the disease. The evidence based treatment, is the case of all three eating disorders is, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, which addresses the fact that the woman with the disease is over-evaluating herself based on body weight and shape (Wilson, Grilo & Vitousek, 201). When treating any person with a mental disorder, it is important to help him or her to think in a healthy way, and to ensure that it will continue far in to the future. If only the physical symptoms of the disease are treated, the person will relapse soon after leaving treatment for the disorder. While these treatments work for many patients, helping to improve quality of life, there are still patients which have relapse of eating disorder symptoms. More treatment…
At Health. (2010, September 9). Eating Disorders and Obesity. Retrieved January 3, 2013, from health: http://www.athealth.com/consumer/disorders/obesityeatingdis.html…
Out of the various types of eating disorders, three of the most prominent ones are anorexia, binge eating disorder, and obesity. Anorexia, according to Dr. Lee Kaplan, director of the Obesity Research Center at Massachusetts General Hospital, is a disease where people abstain from food by “convinc[ing] their body that they don’t need food” (Kluger, Gorman, Park 1). Most patients who are anorexic are extremely emaciated and malnourished. They also have very warped and unrealistic body images as well as an irrational obsession with food. About three percent of women are diagnosed with this eating disorder every year. Another common disorder is BED. According to writer Naomi Barr, binges are “when you feel out of control while eating a large amount of food” (Barr 5). These compulsive gorging behaviors can be minor to very extreme. They tend to originate because of the inane feeling of comfort that one could experience from food. After…
The time period of 1970 to 2000 shows a growing acknowledgement in a multitude of various ranges of study of the intricate issues associated with eating disorders (Casilli, Tubaro, & Araya, 2012). Although, consultation between fields of specialization is minimal and scarce (Casilli, Tubaro, & Araya, 2012). While inclusive studies narrating many factors such as environmental, biological, and behaviour are absent (Casilli, Tubaro, & Araya, 2012). The field of studies which have molded the understandings surrounding eating disorders are clinical psychology and psychiatry (Casilli, Tubaro, & Araya, 2012). A highly controversial issue is whether to interpret anorexia as a disease or as a lifestyle (Casilli, Tubaro,…
An eating disorder is serious, potentially life –threatening condition that can affect the individual’s emotional and physical health. This conditions is so complex and devastating, it leads to serious consequences for health, productivity and relationships.…
This paper will aim to critically examine some researcher articles, reviewing and questioning each stage of the research from begging to end. The rationale of choice is eating disorders have the highest mortality rate among all mental health illness in United Kingdom (NICE 2004). As a trainee CBT therapist it will be a great achievement to help scale this tread to its lowest.…
Eating disorders have drastically been on the climb in the recent years. It has become increasing popular to be extremely thin and focus on the superficial aspects of the body. Currently 8 million people are living with some kind of eating disorder. There are three different types of eating disorders that include anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa, and binge eating. These are all psychological disorders that can be very detrimental if not treated and improved upon. While all three of these disorders have extreme risk and consequences the most well know are anorexia nervousa and bulimia nervousa. Although these psychological disorders are greatly related with the desire to be thin there is a much deeper backgrounds to be explored.…
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In today’s society, humans feel the need to be perfect and appealing. Fit, size zero models are seen on every corner. Many women and men cannot handle the pressure and develop one or more eating disorders. “Eating disorders are a group of serious conditions in which one is so preoccupied with food and weight they can often focus on nothing else” (Mayoclinic.com, 2012). The most common eating disorders include anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa, and binge eating disorder.…
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