Model Student TMAs* Psychology Programme PSY203: Abnormal Psychology (July 2011) TMA01 TMA QUESTION Questions 1 The psychoanalytic model has some advantages over the behavioural model. Critically discuss the contribution of these models to the integrated approach currently used in the understanding of the aetiology‚ and the assessing and treating of psychological disorders. (95 marks) English competency * (5 marks) NOTE: Although it is very difficult to select one TMA from the
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Anorexia nervosa disorder affects the entire family. Family counselling facilitates recovery in the individual by addressing problems in the family environment (Matthews 55). Treating anorexia involves three steps: getting back to a healthy weight‚ starting to eat more food‚ and changing how one thinks about oneself and food (Smith). The steps to anorexia recovery are one‚ admit one has a problem. The first step in anorexia recovery is admitting that one’s relentless pursuit of thinness is out of
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street? The problem is that minimum-wage is not enough to raise a family; so some people decide that it ’s better to be homeless than to work 12 hours every day and barely have enough to cover the electricity. Mirror Image: An Insight on Anorexia Contents Introduction: 1 Historical Background: 3 Relation to social sciences: 4 Current trends: 5 Future Recommendations: 6 Conclusion: 7 References 8 Introduction: It is often said that “beauty is in the
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as a vast societal problem as well. Like obesity‚ eating disorders like anorexia can be an example of sociological imagination too. Anorexia is a disease that can be analyzed on the personal level while it is under an individual’s control whether or not to eating food. However‚ it can also be examined on a public level because it affects a lot of people in our society and the causes stem from our culture’s behaviors. Anorexia is an emotional disorder characterized by a fixated desire to lose weight
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Cause and Effect of Anorexia Of all girls and women in the United States‚ ten percent will be affected by an eating disorder. Men and women alike are affected‚ however it is more common in women‚ specifically those aged thirteen to twenty. The most common eating disorder among teenage girls is anorexia nervosa. This disease is mostly linked with an overwhelming desire to be thin. People take extreme measures to achieve this goal (“Causes”). Anorexia is a very mysterious and misunderstood disease
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The biological explanation for Anorexia Nervosa focuses on the role of neurotransmitters. It suggests disturbances in the levels of serotonin and dopamines are characteristic of anorexia. Bailer et al compared serotonin activity in women recovering from restricting anorexia with those recovering from purging type anorexia with a healthy control group. They found that the group recovering from purging type anorexia had higher serotonin activity. They also found the highest levels of serotonin in women
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CLAIM: Anorexia has affected thousand of equestrian riders through out the U.S. but the difference is‚ no one is willing to admit it. When a person falls victim to anorexia‚ they feel that is their responsibility to be perfect. There is a relationship between anorexia and perfectionism‚ the extent of perfectionism is directly associated with anorexia. Anorexia nervosa affects about 8 million Americans‚ while 7 million of them are women. They all try to hide it and make everyone assume that they are
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psychological explanations of any one eating disorder (24) Anorexia has been found in all countries but the frequency of the disorder increases with the levels of Western influence in society. Hoek et al found that white Caribbean’s had higher rates of anorexia than black Caribbean’s‚ presumably because the white population aspired to a more Western lifestyle than the black population. It can be concluded that socio-cultural factors can help explain anorexia. Social learning theory helps to explain how the
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Chayse Banks 12/16/12 Why anorexia is bad CONTENTION 1: NOT EATING LEADS TO DRASTIC EFFECTS According to Stefinie Lein from the University of Arizona‚ the effects of anorexia nervosa‚ a complex psychological and physical disorder in which a person starves themselves‚ are numerous Sub Point A) Physical Effects. Lack of essential energy requirements and nutrients tax the entire body and can result in electrolyte disturbances such as hypokalemia (low blood potassium) and hyponatremia
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as a mental disorder is Anorexia Nervosa. The main characteristics of this disorder are weight loss. It is less than 85% of what it should be for the person’s age‚ height and build. The person is always anxious about getting fat‚ even if they are underweight. They have a distorted body image- always feeling fat when they are thin. Absence of menstrual periods in female sufferers depending on ages can indicate anorexia. Several causes have been suggested for anorexia. The biological approach
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