Ellen (Eli)‚ suffers from Anorexia Nervosa‚ which is the “restriction of energy intake relative to requirements‚ leading to a significant low body weight” (American Psychiatric Association‚ 2013). During the film‚ she would perform certain tasks that would help her lose more weight because of the fear of gaining weight. For example‚ Ellen would go on a hike with her sister to burn calories‚ flushed down her antidepressants because she was afraid that they would make her gain weight‚ and did a lot
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Relationship Between Environmental Factors and Anorexia Nervosa in Adolescent Girls Anorexia nervosa (AN) is a visible‚ psychological illness that is detrimental to both the physical and mental well-being of an individual (Bulik et al.‚ 2005). It is an eating disorder that is characterized by not only an unwillingness to gain weight‚ but a fear of gaining weight. Individuals suffering from anorexia are often perfectionists‚ who are neurotic‚ obsessive‚ and retain a low sense of self-esteem (Kaye
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between the ages of twelve and eighteen who are diagnosed with Anorexia Nervosa (AN). It will address the nature and extent of the issue of AN in the target population‚ weigh the positive and negative aspects of different types of therapies on the target population and show the potential limitations of the use of DBT versus other forms of therapies. Proposal for Evidence Based Practice Paper This paper will discuss Anorexia Nervosa as an eating disorder that predominantly affects girls
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Extended project ‘first draft’ “To what extent does the environment effect the development of Anorexia Nervosa?” ‘Anorexia Nervosa is an eating-disorder and mental condition which can be life-threatening’. This definition is from the NHS website‚ and mentions the psychological side behind it. Another useful definition is from the Oxford Dictionary‚ and states: ‘the lack or loss of appetite for food’. The translation from Latin to English simply means ‘the nervous loss of appetite’‚ which implies
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part of psychology that this article relates to is psychodynamic psychology‚ which is an approach to understanding human behavior that focuses on the role of unconscious thoughts‚ feelings‚ and memories.(2) Sigmund Freud was a pioneer in this branch of psychology that had much to do with a person’s childhood and what their mother was like. If Cissy is correct about Whitney’s childhood and her choices‚ then this would make the principles of psychodynamic psychology incorrect. Cissy says that she was a
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Psychiatry Harvard Medical School ABSTRACT Although commentators periodically declare that Freud is dead‚ his repeated burials lie on shaky grounds. Critics typically attack an archaic version of psychodynamic theory that most clinicians similarly consider obsolete. Central to contemporary psychodynamic theory is a series of propositions about (a) unconscious cognitive‚ affective‚ and motivational processes; (b) ambivalence and the tendency for affective and motivational dynamics to operate in parallel
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due to changes in demographics and psychodynamics. PSYCHODYNAMICS This descriptive research addressed the challenges of working with the conscious and unconscious aspects of diversity in order to enhance insights into covert and deeper diversity dynamics in organizations. The research supported the evolving trend of shifting the systems psychodynamic orientation from the group to the individual context. The general aim was to describe a systems psychodynamic coaching model‚ and to determine its
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disorders in non-western countries is starting to become more apparent. Though anorexia nervosa is becoming more frequent in scientific literature‚ the overall presence of eating disorders in non-western countries is alarming. Some researchers say that anorexia nervous is not a western bound disorder (1). This paper will focus on the general characteristic of eating disorders in non-western countries‚ and show that anorexia is not the primary problem and should not be the sole target in research. Moreover
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It is common for people to transfer feelings from their parents to their partners or children (i.e.‚ cross-generational entanglements). For instance‚ one could mistrust somebody who resembles an ex-spouse in manners‚ voice‚ or external appearance‚ or be overly compliant to someone who resembles a childhood friend. In The Psychology of the Transference‚ Carl Jung states that within the transference dyad both participants typically experience a variety of opposites‚ that in love and in psychological
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module covered this term. The three approaches in discussion are psychodynamics‚ cognitive behavioural and humanistic. The psychodynamic theory originated from Sigmund Freud‚ a medical doctor and philosopher (1856 - 1939) founded in the 1900s. Freud developed his ideas whilst working as a psychiatrist in Vienna‚ collecting information from his patients such as feelings‚ thoughts and early childhood experiences. The psychodynamic theory focuses on the unconscious mind. Freud’s credence is that different
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