U9-Final Assignment: The Case of Alicia Flor Chavez COUN5106 - Assessment Tests and Measures December 13‚ 2014 Lynn Jones Ph.D. Unit 9- Final Assignment Diagnosing potential Anorexia nervosa is not always easy‚ and Alicia’s case‚ based on information given and her representation‚ is not clear cut. Researchers argue that the diagnosis has to be done carefully and potential ambiguities have to be resolved (Baer & Blais‚ 2010). For example‚ some researchers have argued that one criterion
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On June 29‚ 2009‚ the last day of the United States Supreme Court’s 2008–09 term‚ the Court rendered the much anticipated decision in Ricci v. DeStefano‚ 129 S. Ct. 2658‚ 174 L. Ed. 2d 490 (2009). Ricci was quickly dubbed the “white firefighter’s case” by many‚ however‚ the case involved much more than the firefighters’ asserted right to a promotion. Ricci involved a promotional examination administered by New Haven‚ Connecticut to members of the New Haven Fire Department to identify those applicants
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disorders in non-western countries is starting to become more apparent. Though anorexia nervosa is becoming more frequent in scientific literature‚ the overall presence of eating disorders in non-western countries is alarming. Some researchers say that anorexia nervous is not a western bound disorder (1). This paper will focus on the general characteristic of eating disorders in non-western countries‚ and show that anorexia is not the primary problem and should not be the sole target in research. Moreover
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a controversial five to four decision in Ricci v. DeStefano. The case of Ricci vs DeStefano raises the uncomfortable but common question of how far will employers go to favor one race over another? In other words‚ discrimination was at play in the case‚ in a scenario that will be unexpected to readers. The case of Frank Ricci vs. John DeStefano was established through an invalid act in the case of firefighters‚ promoting firefighters to be precise. The case began in the city of New Haven‚ Connecticut
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Anorexia‚ what exactly is the meaning of this harsh word? It reveals the sense of fear‚ the feeling of depression‚ the act of starvation; all combined to illustrate a disorder of self-destruction. These are the disturbing factors that are intensified in Eavan Boland’s “Anorexia‚” as the author travels through the troubling aspects of a woman’s eating disorder. When the poem is first read‚ it seems as though the words simply depict a woman struggling with the disorder of anorexia. However‚ once read
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Bulimia nervosa is defined as two or more episodes of binge eating (rapid consumption of a large amount of food‚ up to 5‚000 calories) every week for at least three months. The binges are sometimes followed by vomiting or purging and may alternate with compulsive exercise and fasting. The symptoms can develop at any age from early adolescence to 40‚ but usually become clinically serious in late adolescence. Bulimia is not as dangerous to health as anorexia‚ but it has many unpleasant physical
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Eating Disorder Bulimia Nervosa What Are Eating Disorders? A person with an eating disorder may have started out just eating smaller or larger amounts of food than usual‚ but at some point‚ the urge to eat less or more spirals out of control. Eating disorders are very complex‚ and despite scientific research to understand them‚ behavioral and social understandings of these are still unknown. The two main types of eating disorders are anorexia nervosa and bulimia nervosa. Eating disorders frequently
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Bulimia Nervosa is an illness in which a person binges on food or has frequent episodes of overeating and feels a loss of control. In result the person uses different methods‚ such as vomiting or laxatives to prevent weight gain. Many people with bulimia also have anorexia nervosa. A bulimic person can consume as much as 3‚400 calories in about an hour‚ and as much as 20‚000 calories in eight hours. People with bulimia know they have a problem and are afraid of their lack of ability to stop eating
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Anorexia Magdalini Kasimis Molloy College ANOREXIA Proper nutrition is an important concept that is enforced over and over by parents‚ teachers‚ coaches and the government. Nutrition effects every system in the body and can dramatically alter someone’s personal state of health. However‚ society presents a picture of bodily perfection that combined with genetic predisposition can result in the manifestation of an eating disorder. Anorexia is a potentially life-threatening
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Denitsa Radeva-Petrova‚ 09249520 Biological and Psychoanalytic Approaches to Anorexia Nervosa Individual Differences and Conceptual/Historical Issues in Psychology‚ 7PSY0076 Evaluation of the Contribution of the Biological and Psychoanalytic Schools of Thought in Psychology to the Understanding of Anorexia Nervosa Anorexia Nervosa (AN) is an eating disorder‚ characterised by a refusal to maintain body weight that is at least 85% of what is considered normal for an individual’s height and
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