Mariah Allen University Success Due Date: 9-30-12 Courtney McGinnis Teen Eating Disorders The teenage community today is based on the views and opinions of society. Though this may seem harmless on the outside‚ these opinions have become the poison apple of today’s culture‚ tearing teenagers lives apart. Specifically‚ teenagers are falling to eating disorders due to the pictures and habits in the everyday community. Large billboards of flawless models‚ magazines with dieting tips and get-skinny
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Anorexia and Bulimia AlanaBelle Cochran-Howard Psychology 2301 Anorexia and Bulimia are eating disorders which can cause serious health issues such as "The physical stress of vomiting can cause tears in the lining of the esophagus. These tears may bleed massively or cause the esophagus to rupture" (Life Changes). Anorexia and Bulimia are more common in girls because we want to be perfect‚ we want to fit into society and be looked at as the "hot" skinny girl. If your anorexic then you ’re
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Week 3 Assignment PSYC: 4006 Walden University 11/03/2013 How Sociocultural Context Influences Attitudes toward Therapy Culture has a great effect on attitudes toward therapy. According to the National Institution of Mental Health each individual or groups of people bring a variation of beliefs to the therapeutic setting such as communicating what issues to report‚ types of coping styles‚ social support‚ and cultural stigma towards mental health. More often it is culture
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Teenagers and Their Issues With Eating Disorders A social issue that continues to cause concern for many teenagers‚ is the problem of eating disorders. Eating disorders come in a variety of ways‚ such as eating large quantities of food and an obsession with thinness. The three most common eating disorders are Anorexia Nervosa‚ Bulimia Nervosa‚ and Obesity. These conditions effect many teens around the world. They are real‚ complex‚ and devastating situations‚ which can have serious consequences
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Bulimia Nervosa in Adolescence/Young Adulthood Description: Bulimia nervosa is an eating disorder in which an individual follows a binge-and-purge eating pattern. Some individuals binge-and-purge occasionally‚ others more consistently. A bulimic person will “binge” by excessive eating and then will either self-induce vomit or use laxatives to prevent the body from absorbing the calories‚ hence “purge.” According to the Center for Eating Disorders at Sheppard Pratt‚ someone is diagnosed with bulimia
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Family organization patterns looks at how a family is able to handle challenges they face with anything from catastrophic events to daily life. For a resilience to occur in the family‚ a family’s organization patterns needs flexibility‚ connectedness‚ and social and economic resources. Flexibility is how well a family can “bound back” from stressful situations and regain normalcy again. Life events will occur‚ and new “uncharted” areas will occur in the family as it grows. Connectedness means how
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‘Assess the functionalist view of the family?’ Functionalist looks at society on a macro level. It is a consensus theory and structuralists prefer to use functionalism as it agrees with their ideals and models and they prefer to look at society as a whole. Functionalists are interested in studying what family is most functional. This essay will assess how functionalists view point of the family by exploring Murdock‚ Comte‚ Parsons and Durkheim‚ the founder of functionalism‚ ideas and evaluating
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disorders can affect both genders at any age but typically are seen during teenage years or young adulthood. I chose to do my visual argument on eating disorders because my mom has suffered with one for years‚ and it has affected her life along with our family and friends who feel hopeless in getting her help. In the photo‚ you see a woman who is obviously undernourished looking into a mirror. This woman has the eating disorder known as anorexia nervosa‚ although she is emaciated‚ she looks into her mirror
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Friedman Family Assessment Brenda Hanson NSG/420 February 4‚ 2015 Beverly Eldridge Friedman Family Assessment A nursing assessment of a family is the basis of nursing interventions. Stanhope and Lancaster (2008) state‚ “By using a systematic process‚ family problem areas are identified and family strengths are emphasized as the building blocks for interventions and to facilitate family resiliency (p. 567). The following will discuss a family who has become more typical in this day and age. The family
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loss of appetite. This disorder affects many women and a few men‚ some of whom go undiagnosed for years. Early diagnosis and treatment can improve the odds of recovery by a large percentage. Sometimes knowing the facts about anorexia will help family‚ friends and providers to recognize the signs and symptoms. Anorexia nervosa appears more in the Caucasian and Hispanic female as opposed to the African American or Asian female. It is more prevalent in the age group of the 15 year-old to 23 year-
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