Eating Disorders in Athletes When we see a gymnast or a wrestler on television‚ we sometimes marvel at how good their body looks‚ and how physically fit they are. As these athletes may indeed have thin‚ well toned bodies‚ some of them may be a result of eating disorders. Both male and female athletes are at risk for eating disorders‚ although there is a greater probability that a female athlete will be the victim. Sports that have a high percentage of athletes with eating disorders include:
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sympathy‚ or to excuse bad behavior. Let’s take a look at this personality disorder only affecting 1% of our population that is extremely rare‚ but quite real and often misunderstood. Picture waking up feeling disconnected from your body. You have no idea where you are and how you got there. A different home‚ city and surroundings. Feeling as if you are a stranger in your own body. This is how someone with Dissociative Identity Disorder feels like each time another personality reveals itself.
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Dissociative Identity Disorder Dissociative Identity Disorder‚ or more commonly known as multiple personality disorder‚ is thought of to be a result of severe trauma. When a person has this disorder‚ they feel somewhat of a cessation to their mind. A person cannot properly connect to their personal feelings or sensations. They may not know who they are. It is thought that people who suffer traumatic situations in their childhood will suffer from this disorder. The actual cause of this disorder is still unknown
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topic of body image and eating disorders is brought to a person’s attention‚ more times than not the idea of a self-conscious‚ thin adolescent girl comes to mind. However‚ reports have shown that children are exhibiting signs of lowered impressions of their own body and the presence of eating disorders are increasing at a younger age (Kedesdy‚ 2007). Very little is known about the commonness of eating disorders in pre-pubertal girls and boys. However‚ eating disorder specialists and programs in the
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Is Cognitive Behavioural Therapy effective in the treatment Eating Disorder? Introduction Cognitive Behavioural Therapy is the recommended choice of treatment for people suffering eating disorders (NICE 2004). However‚ there is growing and mountain concerns that there is lack of clinical trail to prove the efficacy of CBT in treating eating disorders. Therefore‚ what this review aims to achieve is to examine and explore what studies and literature has been made available in this field and to
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Analyzing Psychological Disorders Becca Marlin/ PSY240 August 12‚ 2012 L. Renee Foster Herrmann Analyzing Psycholgical Disorders Page 1 I’m glad that I don’t live in the 1800’s. Did you know that back in the 1800’s when doctors were just beginning to understand psychological disorders‚ that if you were thought to suffer from a psychological disorder you could have holes drilled into your head or you could be put on any number of experimental drugs that could in fact make the condition
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reason for eating disorders such as bulimia and anorexia among all other sports. Bulimia is less severe than anorexia because bulimic people tend to consume a minimal quantity of calories‚ while anorexic people perceive their body as fatter than it actually is and starve themselves. However‚ they are both dangerous eating disorders that put the lives of those suffering from any of them in danger. In fact‚ both social factors and psychological affect the development if eating disorders in cheerleaders
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Classification and mental Disorders: Class Test Q/As 1. In abnormal psychology Classification involves….. ….attempt to delineate meaningful sub-varieties of maladaptive behaviors. 2. Functions served by/uses of Classification? -Necessary as a first step toward introducing order into the discussion of nature‚ causes and treatment of maladaptive behavior. -Enables communication about particular clusters of abnormal behavior in agreed upon and relatively precise ways. -Makes possible to collect
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Abuse and Eating Disorders Silverchair. (1999). “Ana’s Song”: “And you’re my obsession. I love you to the bones And Ana wrecks your life‚ Like an anorexic life.” In 2011‚ The U.S. Department of Health & Human Services reported that one in four girls had experienced sexual abuse by the age of eighteen; this number excludes victims of psychological or physical abuse. Additionally‚ The National Association of Anorexia Nervosa and Associated Disorders (1991) estimates that one
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Abstract Bipolar disorder affects approximately 5.7 million adult Americans‚ or about 2.6% of the U.S. population age 18 and older every year according to the National Institute of Mental Health. Bipolar disorder is commonly diagnosed based upon the criteria found within the latest edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual for Mental Disorders‚ symptoms‚ course of illness‚ and‚ when available‚ family history. Treatment is made up of taking a mood stabilizing medication and should include
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