Anorexi A Case Study

Anorexia is an eating disorder that affects both women and men of all ages. The full name is anorexia nervosa and it is the refusal to main body weight, fear of becoming fat and a distorted body image. It is one of the most common psychiatric illness affecting teenage girls and is characterized by (Goldstein, Madden,& Peters, 2012) People with anorexia have a high value on controlling their weight and shape and use extreme methods that interfere with their daily life.They try to control their weight by using methods like vomiting, misusing laxatives, absurd diet aids, diuretics or enemas.they also purge and binge which includes forced vomiting , excessive fasting, and exercise. Common influence anorexia such as a depression, shared genes (Wade,Builik, Neale &Kendler, 2000), some psychological indicators are low self-esteem; feelings of unfulfillment in life , anxiety , anger , stress or loneliness. It could also be influenced by what we think is the ideal body figure which is a socio-cultural influence.
There are different ways of treating anorexia such as through medical care, psychotherapy programs ( family based and individual based therapy) . A case study was carried out on a 14-year-old girl who had severe complications associated with weight loss and was hospitalized in a children’s hospital located in Sydney ,Australia.she had already been hospitalized twice before with an initial diagnosis of self- harm, depression, food refusal and weight loss. She was naso-gastrically (NG) fed for three weeks and was treated with a major