Psychological Disorders: Eating Disorders Eating disorders have drastically been on the climb in the recent years. It has become increasing popular to be extremely thin and focus on the superficial aspects of the body. Currently 8 million people are living with some kind of eating disorder. There are three different types of eating disorders that include anorexia nervosa‚ bulimia nervosa‚ and binge eating. These are all psychological disorders that can be very detrimental if not treated and improved
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young people who develop eating disorder often have a troubled relationship with their families. An eating disorder is formed as control same develop a child by being neglected or trying to leave up to same thing parents. Usually it comes from not eating then it can turn both purgings or not eating at all this can start at age 8 is both physical and mental‚ usually as of control dysfunctional not people to handle problem appropriate so they turn to inner ways to control what they can and is usually
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Eating Disorders and Adolescence adolescents go through many changes as they hit puberty‚ they begin dealing with changes to their hormones‚ their relationships‚ even their physical appearance. Many children are feeling uncertain about these changes and look to their peers and to the media to tell them how they should look and what growing up entails. They feel a loss of control over their emotions and their relationships‚ experience frequent mood swings due to hormonal changes that cause confusion
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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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The Globalization of Eating Disorders Eating disorders are a huge problem across the nation. Some of these disorders include anorexia nervosa‚ bulimia-nervosa‚ binge eating‚ and body dysmorphic disorder. Anorexia is a disorder in which subject obsesses about food and how much they eat‚ while a Bulimic person eats an excessive amount of food‚ then purges. People affected by these disorders are obsessed with food however; they do not want the calories‚ so they eat as much as they can‚ then throw it
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Eating Disorders I. What is an eating disorder? “An eating disorder is an unhealthy relationship with food and weight that interferes with many areas of a person’s life. One’s thoughts become preoccupied with food‚ weight or exercise. A person who struggles with an eating disorder can have unrealistic self-critical thoughts about body image‚ and his or her eating habits may begin to disrupt normal body functions and affect daily activities. Eating disorders are not just about food and weight
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the 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
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Eating Disorders: Anorexia Each year millions of people in the United States are affected by serious and sometimes life-threatening eating disorders. The vast majority are adolescents and young adult women. Approximately one percent of adolescents girls develop anorexia nervosa‚ a dangerous condition in which they can literally starve themselves to death. Another two to three percent develop bulimia nervosa‚ a destructive pattern of excessive overeating followed by vomiting or other " purging
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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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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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