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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With eating disorders on the rise today‚ the media plays an important role in affecting self-esteem‚ leading a large amount of young adults to develop eating disorders. Many adolescents see the overbearing thin celebrities and try to reach media’s level of thinness and ideal body weight. "Sixty-nine of the girls reported that magazine pictures influenced their idea of the perfect body shape" (Field). Not only is being thin associated with other positive characteristics such as‚ lovable‚ popular‚
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and the impact caused to eating disorders According to the Diagnostic Statistical Manual-IV‚ eating disorders are defined as a “collective display of a set of dimensions such as negative emotionality‚ binge eating‚ and unhealthy forms of shape and weight management”. Some unhealthy forms of weight management include restrictive dieting‚ self-induced vomiting after eating and the excessive usage of laxatives. (Levine & Murnen‚ 2009). Most common types of eating disorders include Anorexia and Bulimia
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Development of Eating Disorders in Adolescence The purpose of this paper is to bring awareness about the development of eating disorders during the adolescent years. Eating Disorders are a serious psychology disorder characterized by severe abnormal eating behaviors. These behaviors can range from insufficient amount of food intake‚ extreme episodes of overeating‚ purging‚ and obsessive preoccupation with food or weight. Eating disorders can lead to heart problems‚ osteoporosis
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Eating Disorders: What Causes Eating Disorders? Eating disorders are defined as elaborate conditions that come from several causes that can stem from the victim’s childhood (What Causes Eating Disorders? 1). Eating disorders normally start with an obsession of ones food and weight. Almost all cases of eating disorders they have deeper reasons behind them then just the obsession of food and weight. Sometimes‚ an eating disorder starts as a way for someone to deal with emotions‚ but eventually an
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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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Kristina was 10 years old when she was diagnosed with anorexia nervosa‚ and despite some mild childish resistance she had recovered and thought she would never go back to her eating disorder. Little did she know that her eating disorder was biding its time in the dark corners of her own mind. Before the end of middle school she had relapsed. During her freshman year in high school‚ she was hospitalized for 7 months. Over time she began insulating herself from her family and even her closest friends
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Prevalence of Eating Disorders among Young Girls in Today’s Society. Due to the prevalence of mass-media advertising in the United States‚ eating disorders among young girls are more pervasive in the U.S. than other well-developed countries. According to the estimates of The National Institute of Mental Health in the US‚ “between 5 – 10% (i.e. 5-10 million people) of girls and women suffer from eating disorders (Hastings et. al.‚ 2002).” Eating disorders‚ specifically binge eating disorder‚ is also
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There has been an alarming rise in eating disorders among teenagers. Our culture and its idealization of a slender figure is a leading cause. Many turn to the media for trends and to find out what’s “in”. Through advertising‚ television‚ films‚ and the fashion industry the message relentlessly being shown is that thin is in. The desire to be skinny and pretty has driven teenagers to anorexia or bulimia as the solution to getting the “perfect body”. However‚ it can lead to numerous problems. Extensive
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Eating Disorders One of the most prevalent disorders amongst the youth of this era is eating disorders. While some overlook it and don’t think it is a problem eating disorders should be given serious consideration. This is because the psychological ramification of eating disorders tends to have lasting effects over the course of the adolescents’ life. An eating disorder is any of various psychological disorders‚ such as anorexia nervosa or bulimia‚ which involves insufficient or excessive
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