Anorexia is a debilitating mental disorder. It affects people’s social life‚ self-esteem‚ and personal distress. Anorexia has a negative effect on the social lives of those diagnosed. Due to the obsessive behaviour of those diagnosed‚ they become overwhelmed with the thought to work out‚ to cut their calorie intake‚ to lose more weight‚ which causes their social life to suffer. Portia de Rossi‚ model and actress‚ suffered from anorexia nervosa by binging‚ purging and starving herself. To hide her
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Effects on Families and Social Life 8 5. Forms of Therapy 9 6. “Pro Ana” and “Thinspiration” 9-12 7. Prevention and Campaigns 12-13 8. Conclusion 13-14 9. Sources 14-16 2 Introduction The eating disorder ‘Anorexia nervosa’ is a disease; people who suffer from it have an extreme fear of gaining weight. The name itself is of Greek origin‚ an- (prefix‚ negation) and orexis (appetite). Although the word literally means “loss of appetite”‚ nevertheless many anorexics
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to perform extreme measures on their body. Eating disorders are sometimes the unfortunate outcome. Although there are various eating disorders‚ Anorexia Nervosa is the most common among adolescent men and women. Anorexia Nervosa is commonly referred to as Anorexia‚ it is defined as a condition that goes beyond out-of-control dieting. A person with Anorexia begins dieting to lose weight‚ where it eventually becomes uncontrollable and the person begins to starve themselves. This
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percent of Americans (Mirasol); the other 85 percent of people do not always realize how difficult these disorders can be. However‚ recently in June of 2017 a film was released in hopes to reveal to people the severity of the eating disorder anorexia nervosa. Anorexia nervosa is a mental disorder and disease that is not always so treatable‚ but Marti Noxon shows us in her film‚ To the Bone‚ the reality of this sickness and that through faith‚ friends‚ and family anything
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Anorexia: The Role of Media Author’s Name Institution Anorexia: The Role of Media Anorexia nervosa refers to a mental illness associated with stressful physical outcomes. Despite this illness being a disorder of nutrition‚ the media had played a part in fuelling the increase of the sickness in the society. The effect of the media as well the proliferation of anorexia can ’t be refuted. This is due to the fact that the media assaults the public with images and messages reinforcing the
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Anorexia Nervosa: An Annotated Bibliography Holly Brubach “Starved to Perfection” New York Times; April 17‚ 2007 This article describes how anorexia is starting to become as another occupational hazard. Models need to be stick figures to be able to walk down the runway‚ as to football and baseball players use steroids to get big and strong. Most young woman today is dieting. The models are just experts at it. Author of “Perfect Girls‚ Starving Daughters: The Frightening New Normalcy of Hating
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Anorexia Nervosa In Children and Adolescents 1 Anorexia Nervosa is a rapidly growing issue in today’s society. The disease is identified by the refusal to maintain a healthy weight‚ an irrational fear of gaining weight despite weighing too little‚ loss of the menstrual cycle in women‚ and an inaccurate view of one’s body‚ often referred to as dysmorphia. At one point in time‚ this illness was mainly associated with adolescents. Now‚ children as young as five years old are being treated
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Biological explanations for anorexia nervosa Biological explanations for anorexia nervosa include neural explanations and evolutionary explanations. 1st BIOLOGICAL EXPLANATION - Neurotransmitters -Serotonin Disturbances in the levels of the neurotransmitter serotonin appear to be a characteristic of individuals with eating disorders. Kaye 2005 found a reduction in the levels of the serotonin metabolite 5-HIAA in people with eating disorders. This suggests that brain serotonin pathways are underactive
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One psychological explanation of anorexia nervosa is the behavioural approach. This approach explains that anorexia nervosa(AN) is learnt through both classical and operant conditioning as well as social learning theory. Classical conditioning is involved with making an association with eating and anxiety. Therefore anorexics seek to lose weight/not eat to reduce their anxiety. Once this association has been made operant conditioning starts playing its part through negative and positive reinforcement
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Anorexia Nervosa is a serious mental illness where a person has an obsessive fear of gaining weight so they allow themselves only very small portions of food‚ some even starving themselves. People with anorexia often have a distorted view of themselves. Anorexia most often starts in adolescence and is most common among girls. However anorexia can affect men and woman of any age‚ race‚ cultural and socioeconomic background. The average duration of Anorexia Nervosa is 7 years. Those who recover are
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