What is a challenging behaviour? Challenging behaviour is term used to describe behaviour that interferes with an individual’s or carer’s daily life. Common examples of challenging behaviour are aggression‚ self-injurious behaviour‚ property destruction‚ oppositional behaviour‚ stereotyped behaviours‚ socially inappropriate behaviour‚ withdrawn behaviour and self-destructive behaviour. The term ‘challenging behaviour’ is used as a way to label the behaviours as challenging‚ rather than label
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Eating Disorders in Adolescent Girls Eating disorders are a group of mental disorders that interfere with normal food consumption. They may lead to serious health problems and‚ in the case of both bulimia nervosa and anorexia nervosa‚ even death. The major recognized eating disorders are anorexia nervosa‚ bulimia‚ and binge eating disorder. An eating disorder is a serious psychological condition. The sufferer is obsessed with food‚ diet and often body image to the point where their quality of life suffers
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triglyceride levels‚ type II diabetes mellitus‚ gallbladder disease. 2.3. Analyse why binge eating disorder is regarded as the most common eating disorder‚ rather than anorexia and bulimia. Binge eating disorder (also known as compulsive overeating disorder) is regarded as the commonest eating disorder because as not like anorexia and bulimia‚ the sufferer does not use laxatives or vomit afterwards‚ but adopts harmful eating habits‚ such as
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numerous people‚ mainly girls but also boy who struggled with eating disorders namely‚ anorexia or bulimia. According to the DSM-IV‚ eating disorders are characterized by a severe disturbance in eating behavior. Anorexia Nervosa is defined as "refusal to maintain a body weight that is normal for the person’s age and height." People suffering from anorexia have a distorted perception of body shape and size. Bulimia Nervosa is "characterized by uncontrolled binge eating and efforts to prevent resulting weight
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idolize are thin‚ but not everyone is meant to be a size 2. Last but not least is Anorexia Nervosa. People with anorexia nervosa see themselves as overweight‚ even when they are clearly underweight. Eating‚ food‚ and weight control become obsessions. People with anorexia nervosa typically weigh themselves repeatedly‚ portion food carefully‚ and eat very small quantities of only certain foods. Some people with anorexia nervosa may also engage in binge-eating followed by extreme dieting‚ excessive exercise
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Eating Disorders: Anorexia Nervosa‚ Bulimia Nervosa‚ and Binge Eating Disorder Taylor N. Dougherty Grand Canyon University: BIO-319 December 5‚ 2012 Eating Disorders 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
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Not to Eat In the twenty first century people have managed to clone animals and transplant organs but they still have not managed to cope with many serious diseases. Some of the most widely spread are the eating disorders – such as anorexia nervosa‚ bulimia nervosa and binge eating disorder. Even though many people underestimate them‚ they are extremely dangerous and even fatal. In order to prevent eating disorders‚ we should learn more about them. First of all‚ everyone can be affected by such
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brainwashing society into believing that being thin is important and necessary. Eating disorders are a common problem in our society but have not been acknowledged as much as they should. There are three subtypes of eating disorders: Anorexia nervosa‚ Bulimia nervosa and Binge eating. However‚ society is not the only contributing factor to eating disorders. Women with eating disorders have a difficultly controlling their actions. They suffer from low self-esteem which drives them toward perfectionism
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eating disorder is a serious illness that develops when a person has become self-conscious about the way they look to society. Eating disorders‚ such as Anorexia Nervosa and Bulimia Nervosa‚ cause a dramatic change in weight‚ interferes with a person’s way of dealing with life‚ and damages vital human body functions. Anorexia Nervosa and Bulimia Nervosa are the two major illnesses classified as eating disorders but there are also two minor disorders. Compulsive Overeating is when a person is caught in
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Psychopathology/FP6005 A03 Background Please outline the major symptoms of this disorder. According to the Diagnostic Statistical Manual IV Text Revision the main symptom of Bulimia Nervosa are binge eating and inappropriate compensatory methods to prevent weight gain. In addition‚ the self- evaluation of individuals with Bulimia Nervosa is excessively influenced by body shape and weight. To qualify for the diagnosis‚ binge eating and the inappropriate compensatory behaviors must occur‚ on average‚ at least
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