When it comes to anorexia, eating and meal times can become very stressful. A person may obsessively count how many calories they eat and exercise multiple times in a day. There are two types of anorexia; restrictive anorexia and purging anorexia. The restricting type is achieved by controlling calorie intake by crash dieting, over exercising fasting, etc (Smith and Segal, 2014). Purging anorexia is achieved by vomiting, using laxatives or diuretics (Smith and Segal, 2014).
Outline and evaluate research into the disruption of attachment There are three studies about disruption of attachment that I am going to be writing about which are done by Robertson and Robertson and then I am going to be evaluating the studies with evidence from other researchers like Bohman and Sigvardsson. A study of disruption of attachment is a child who had brief separation from her parents was Laura who was two years old and was admitted to hospital for eight days, also done by Robertson (1952) Laura had periods of time when she was distressed but other times she was calm. Laura had regular visits from her parents and asks to go home but after a while she is used to getting let down and still staying in the hospital. Laura struggles to control her feelings whilst in the hospital separated from her parents. Jane, Lucy, Thomas and Kate are a case study done by Robertson and Robertson (1967-1973).
She admitted that she still smokes ‘occasionally’ (although she is trying to give up), and drinks alcohol ‘rather more than she should’, varying between 20-28 units a week. The GP refers her to the heart and chest clinic at the local hospital for further tests. Here she is fitted with a 24-hour ECG Holter monitor and asked to go jogging while wearing it. The monitor gives a definite diagnosis, and Laura is sent home with medication that seems to resolve the problem. However, she is warned that if the dizziness recurs, more active intervention may be necessary in the future.
The name literally means loss of appetite. (p. 1) “Anorexia Nervosa is an eating disorder in which the person experiences hunger but refuses to eat because of a distorted body image leading to a self-perceptions of fatness” (Stuart & Laraia, 1998, p. 855). Individuals who suffer from this condition do not experience a loss of appetite, but rather deny their body the nutrients, and the subsistence in needs to function properly. “Anorexia nervosa appears at a rate of 80-85%, in young women at the age of 12-25 years old.” Wozniak, Rekleiti & Roupa, 2012, p. 1) Based on a fact sheet from a
Two main eating disorders are anorexia and bulimia. People with anorexia have a great fear of weight gain and have a view of their body size and shape. As a result, they strive to keep a very low body weight. Some restrict their food intake by dieting, fasting, or excessive exercise. Bulimia is characterized by habitual binge eating.
Anorexia nervosa is basically an obsessive fear of gaining weight. It is when a person has a loss of appetite and a distorted image of him/herself and body. When a noticeable weight loss happens in an abnormally short amount of time, it is commonly linked to this disorder. Bulimia nervosa is when a person does an act called “binging and purging.” In this case, the victim of this disorder tends to over-eat, but when this person is done, he or she forces the food out of the body. Normally, this is done, because
Discuss psychological explanations of one eating disorder (8+16 marks) The DSM defines eating disorders as ‘illnesses in which the victims suffer severe disturbances in their eating behaviours and related thoughts and emotions’. It is argued that the preoccupation with food in many Western cultures, coupled with the obsession of losing weight has led to the emergence of food and eating disorders such as Anorexia Nervosa (AN). As society has developed its understanding of the causes of eating disorders, it has become apparent that they are as much a mental disorder as they are a physical disorder. Thus psychological explanations have emphasised the risk factors of media, culture, personality and childhood experiences in the cause of Anorexia Nervosa. The DSM (IV) states four criteria for AN.
Discuss explanations for Anorexia Nervosa (AN) (24 marks) Anorexia Nervosa is an eating disorder characterised by extreme body dissatisfaction and dieting, weight below 85% of normal weight for age and height and loss of three consecutive menstrual cycles in women (amenorrhoea). Evolutionary explanations justify AN as a reflection of behaviours that were adaptive in the EEA. Characteristics of AN such as denial of hunger, restlessness and high activity levels would have been advantageous when food levels were short and people needed to move around looking for food- This is also known as the ‘Adaptive to Flee Famine Hypothesis’ (AFFH). Guisinger (2003) also supports this suggests that anorexics perseverance when not having eaten was a very profitable characteristic when needed in the EEA and people who are now anorexic in this generation have been ancestrally passed this willingness to not eat which is now not needed due to the volume of food available to people in the UK. This explanation relates to having the mental strength of being able to move on despite increasing hunger, this would seem to be cognitive explanation which shows this approach to be holistic and non-reductionist which actually makes it more of a plausible rationalization as we know that the human brain is very complex and there may not be one approach that can express the entire reasoning for AN.
Identifying and defining themselves according to their perceived "fatness", eating disordered people tend to conclude that they are unacceptable and undesirable, and as a result, feel quite insecure and inadequate, especially about their bodies. For them, controlling their eating behaviors is the logical pathway in their quest for thinness. The current article is designed to provide you with more information about the nature of eating disorders, their causes, potential treatments, and strategies for prevention. This information can be helpful in
Childhood Obesity Parents are very much in denial when it comes to childhood obesity and how it relates to parent child relationships. There are many theories and reason why there is an increase in childhood obesity. One of those reasons is poor diets. More children have more access to unhealthy food with the increase in fast food restaurants. Also the lack of exercise and a sedentary lifestyle are causes for this epidemic.