DATA: Nina (middle-late 20’s) woman who is single is a professional ballet dancer at a dance company that lives at home with her single mother. PP/CC: Nina is having major stress after being selected the lead role. She is having delusions and hallucinations on a regular basis. She has the mindset that she has to be perfect for the performance. SS: Nina is having persecutory delusions‚ visual/auditory hallucinations‚ self-harm‚ and impulsive behavior. She reports seeing things almost daily. Constantly
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DEFINITION Eating disorders‚ also called body dysmorphic disorders‚ means a group of conditions defined as abnormal eating habits that may include either insufficient or excessive food intake which leads to detriment of an individual’s physical and mental health. The most common forms of eating disorders are bulimia nervosa‚ anorexia nervosa‚ and binge eating disorder. This disorder affects both males and females. It is usually found in adolescents and young adults who follow unhealthy diet
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media‚ in clothing ads‚ and on television shows‚ leading girls to over exercise and develop eating disorders. It is no surprise that teenage girls are constantly faced with a moral‚ emotional‚ and physical conundrum. During this stage of their lives‚ teenage girls are quick to follow their emotions‚ as they do not always think of the consequences of their actions beforehand. Not only can eating disorders affect their physical and emotional health‚ but it can also affect their mental health as well
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Kaylie Davis Cause and Effect Journal Eating Disorders About 24 million of US suffer from an eating disorder. Eating disorders affect almost anyone‚ but they target women‚ more specifically teenage girls between the age of 11-23 (National 1). Eating disorders range from anorexia and bulimia to taking laxatives and restricting what you eat. There are multiple causes of eating disorders. Biological factors and social media can cause a person to have an eating disorder. Biological factors such as chemical
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Eating Disorders and the Pressure to be Attractive In today’s society many people strive to have the “model” attractiveness‚ a skinny body and gorgeous face. Many men and women want to obtain by taking completely unhealthy and sometimes life-threatening measures. Thus‚ eating disorders‚ among other things‚ are formed. Of the eating disorders one can acquire‚ anorexia nervosa is one of the most common (Lonegran et al. 1). Western societies’ emphasis on appearance pressures many men and women to
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then skinny is the thing to be. Or so they say. Being skinny is almost as important as the talent. In some cases anyways. Sometimes‚ people will take drastic measures to become that size 2. Even if that means starving yourself or throwing up all your food. Eating disorders are becoming a common occurrence in teenagers. More and more teenage males are becoming a likely mark for eating disorders. Between sports‚ school‚ and impressing the girl‚ they either don’t find the time to eat‚ or don’t want to
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Psychology 2 10 May 2014 Eating Disorders Many men and women suffer from eating disorders. Anorexia nervosa‚ bulimia nervosa‚ and binge eating disorder are three common types of eating disorders. Anorexia nervosa is when a person has a compulsion to lose weight even though they are severely underweight. A person that is bulimic has a compulsion to eat a great amount of food‚ then vomit or take laxatives to get rid of the food. Binge-eating disorder is when a person has a compulsion to binge‚
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Lindsay Chandler LKC5074@psu.edu Home Assignment #1—Health Issue: Binge Eating Disorder When one thinks of prevalent eating disorders in the United States‚ anorexia and bulimia likely first come to mind. A recent study‚ though‚ conducted by the National Institute of Mental Health shows that binge eating disorder is more prevalent than anorexia nervosa and bulimia. Unlike those with bulimia‚ people with binge eating disorder consume large quantities of food without purging. Although the negative
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DISODERS: INTRODUCTION: A learning disorder can defined as a difficulty in an area of cognitive functioning. Learning disabilities are neurological differences in processing information that severely limit a person ’s ability to learn in a specific skill area. Learning disorders/disabilities are the result of actual differences in the way the brain processes‚ understands‚ and uses information. The term "learning disabilities" is used to describe a group of disorders characterized by inadequate development
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EATING DISORDERS/HOW THE MEDIA PLAYS A KEY ROLE Eating disorders is a worldwide problem that affects far too many Canadians at a very young age. No matter where one looks today‚ one will notice that our culture places a high value on women being thin. It is estimated that 7 million Canadians have an eating disorder. 6 million women‚ 1 million men. Eating disorders are often caused by stress and are also tied into depression and anger‚ resulting from the pressures of modern living. Most eating disorders
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