Abnormal Psychology Assessment. Abnormal Psychology. For this assignment I have chosen a patient ‘Mary’ who was diagnosed with ‘Anorexia Nervosa’‚ from a clinical placement‚ on an adult acute ward. In order for me to ensure confidentiality has/will be maintained throughout the assignment I have used an assumed name for my selected patient as well as keeping the trust anonymous. The assignment is divided into several different sections‚ the first part will be a description of the disorder‚
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outbreaks have been consistently on the rise in Philippine soil‚ especially with the recent aftermath of Typhoon Ketsana (Ondoy in local name). Physical‚ emotional and social factors contribute to this prevalent problem of Filipinos. More underweight than overweight‚ Filipinos often have to consider societal gaps as a primary factor. The ill distribution of wealth in the country attributes to
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HEALTH SCIENCE JOURNAL® Volume 6‚ Issue 4 (October – December 2012) _ORIGINAL ARTICLE_ Pulmonary Function Test: The value among smokers and nonsmokers Hani A. Nawafleh 1‚ Shalabia Al- Sayed Abo Zead2‚ Dua ’a Fayez Al-Maghaireh3 1.Assistant Prof. Community Health Nursing‚ Al-Hussein Bin Talal University‚ Princess Aisha Bint AlHussein‚ Faculty of Nursing‚-Jordan 2.Associated Prof. Al-Hussein Bin Talal University Princess Aisha Bint Al-Hussein‚ Faculty of NursingJordan 3.Al-Zaytoonah Private
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Common Misperceptions about Anorexia Women are consistently the punchline of many jokes‚ regardless of their size. One day‚ a woman decides that she can no longer tolerate the hurtful comments about her being overweight. So she decides to stop eating‚ only to be slammed with similarly hurtful comments such as‚ “she needs to go eat a cheeseburger”‚ “she looks like a pre-pubescent twelve year old boy”. These phrases are apart of a global epidemic showing how unfairly we stigmatize Anorexia Nervosa
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mental health condition. It means loss of appetite due to nerves. It involves lowering food intake‚ over exercising and can be life threatening. People suffering from anorexia may have distorted images of themselves‚ leading them to believe they’re overweight when they’re not. Often people suffering with the disorder attempt to hide their behaviour from the people close to them by lying about their eating patterns. Anorexia is characterised by the body mass index being below a healthy number i.e. less
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Despite the speculations about her being underweight‚ she has successfully set a new trend for being skinny. Long gone the curvaceous trend set by other supermodels like Cindy Crawford and Naomi Campbell. Every girl wants to be skinny and suddenly all of them think that by being skinny they are beautiful. If being skinny means you’re beautiful then what about the other girls? Girls who are not skinny‚ girls who have curves or even girls who are overweight. Are those girls not beautiful because they
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higher: nineteen pounds.” (Kolbert). Obesity does not just affect adults in this way either‚ the child population has been getting bigger as well‚ according to the numbers on the scale‚ “the proportion of overweight children‚ age six to eleven‚ has more than doubled‚ while the proportion of overweight adolescents‚ age twelve to nineteen‚ has more than tripled.” (Kolbert). This issue has been a major concern to doctors and scientists for decades and in recent years‚ has even has the American Medical
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figure. Individuals suffering from it may also practice repeated weighing‚ measuring‚ and mirror gazing.(1) 3.3 Who is at Risk For Anorexia Nervosa? Those suffering from this disorder often view themselves as "too fat" even if they are already underweight. It is a serious mental illness with a high incidence of comorbitidy and similarly high mortality rates to serious psychiatric disorders. Anorexia Nervosa most often has its onset in adolescence and is more prevalent among adolescent girls than
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people expected to be obese by 2030‚ China with Teen Diabetes 4x USA‚ Brazil with +50% overweight or obese and Mexico with the most highest rate of +70% overweight. Mexico is one of the main countries which is targeted to be the fattest country in the world at this stage (Abc.net‚ Obesity 2012). Australia is considered to be the next growing fattest country in lead after America. Australian adult have an overweight rate of 42.1% in males and 30.9% in females and a rate of 25.6% for males and 24% for
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Sources I have used: http://www.healthywizard.com/8-Tips-On-Eating-Well http://www.nhs.uk/Livewell/Goodfood/Pages/eight-tips-healthy-eating.aspx~42.htm www.foodafactoflife.org.uk/ http://www.mdhil.com/8-health-reasons-you-should-never-skip-breakfast/ The 8 Tips for Eating Well 1. Base your meals on starchy foods – an example of starchy foods would be: potato‚ cereal‚ pasta‚ rice and bread. If you choose whole grain varieties they will contain more fibre which is good for you. 2. Eat lots
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