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    Hence‚ for the purpose of this project two self-report assessment tools will be used: Eating Attitude Test and Eating Disorder Examination Questionnaire (EDE-Q). These two assessment tools vary and could be especially useful for Alicia’s case. The Eating Attitude is a somewhat fast test that is an invaluable tool to fast screening when Anorexia nervosa is suspected (Garner & Garfinkel‚ 1979). The Eating Disorder Examination Questionnaire (EDE-Q) is useful to access psychopathology and risk factors

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    Treatment of Anorexia Nervosa Treatment of Anorexia Nervosa Anorexia Nervosa‚ a type of eating disorder common among young ladies as stated in The New York Times Health Guide. According to Ohio State University Wexner Medical Centre‚ more than 90 percent people in the United State diagnosed with Anorexia Nervosa were female. It can be categorized as refusal to maintain a minimal body weight‚ fear in weight gain‚ body image distortion and loss of menses as mentioned in the Journal

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    Health 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

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    Live- don’t live to eat. This is very hard for a person with an eating disorder to understand since food is their tool for handling the stress and anxiety in their lives. Eating disorders affect millions of Americans each year and in some cases causing death. The most common eating disorders are Anorexia Nervosa‚ Bulimia nervosa. These disorders are serious‚ and‚ when taken to extremes‚ can be life threatening as well. All eating disorders arise from a combination‚ of long-standing psychological‚ interpersonal

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    Research paper Anorexia Nervosa What is Anorexia nervosa? “Anorexia nervosa is an eating disorder that is characterized by the refusal to sustain a healthy weight.” (Kumar‚ Tung‚ & Iqbai). Many believe that anorexia is more common amongst Caucasian women‚ but anorexia occurs throughout all cultures and races. “Anorexia nervosa has the highest mortality rate of any psychiatric disorder.” (Kumar‚ Tung‚ & Iqbai). Every major organ with in the human body is affected greatly because of the malnutrition

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    Mash & Wolfe (2014) provide with the idea that there could be multiple risk factors that contribute to eating disorders. these include a kids eating problems‚ dieting patterns‚ negative body image‚ and last but not least the ongoing challenges that children and teens go through. The interaction between these factors could create chaos that individuals then try to assert excessive control to in the form of maladaptive caloric consumption habits. Individuals feel the need to manage their stress and

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    The most common eating disorders are anorexia nervosa (restriction of food intake) and bulimia (episodes of compulsive eating). These two illnesses can alternate or follow one another. They are often accompanied by purges or behavior intended to limit weight gain. Anorexia nervosa is a serious eating disorder that results in unhealthy‚ often dangerous weight loss. While it is most common among adolescent women‚ anorexia can affect women and men of all ages and is characterized by a refusal to maintain

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    studies that the rates of eating disorders every year are increasing. It is evident that these eating disorders are in fact psychological‚ however with cultures constantly changing and the increase of beauty figures‚ and images representing thinness in the media‚ it’s becoming relevant to suggest that society is playing a major role among these weight related issues. The most common explanation is in the scholarly literature review for the appearance of eating disorders in unexpected places‚ they

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    Week 4 Assignment PSY 240 November 13‚ 2013 To Eat or Not to Eat Hello everyone. My name is Ruth and I want to talk to you guys about eating disorders. An eating disorder is essentially an illness that disrupts a person’s every day diet which can cause a person to pretty much stop eating or over eat‚ depending on the illness. These illnesses are more apparent in the teenage years and in to young adulthood (Pinel‚ 2011)‚ which makes sense because this is when we start becoming

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    This image shows a woman competing in a beauty pageant with an eating disorder. In the scene the woman is seen in her under garments looking at her reflection in the mirror. This shows the struggle that women have about their body image and the pressure from society to look a certain way. Looks are actually what count in beauty pageants and it doesn’t only affect the contestants but the viewers. The picture also demonstrates the different emotions that many women can relate to when they look in the

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