PSYC 385 Lecture Notes - Lecture 18: Major Depressive Disorder, Dieting, Electrolyte
Document Summary
Bulimia nervosa: usually normal weight or slight overweight, no sense of (cid:498)achievement(cid:499) Binge eating disorder: characteristics, frequent episodes of binge eating, typically overweight or obese, no compensatory weight loss behaviors, age of onset 30-50 years old. Medical complications of eating disorders: anorexia can lead to, death from heart arrhythmias, kidney damage, renal failure, bulimia can lead to, electrolyte imbalances, damage to hands, throat, and teeth. Long-term stability of eating disorders: people with eating disorders often later develop other eating disorders, (cid:498)diagnostic crossover(cid:499) common among subtypes of anorexia, uncommon between binge-eating disorder and anorexia. Association of eating disorders with other forms of psychopathology: eating disorders associated with following disorders, clinical depression, obsessive-compulsive disorder, substances abuse disorders, various personality disorders. Eating disorders multi-determined: biological factors, sociocultural factors, family influences. Biological factors: hereditary tendency set-point theory brain abnormalities serotonin. Sociocultural factors: media-related idealized extreme thinness, female internalized ideal, western values toward thinness. Individual risk factors: gender, age, perfectionism, negative body image.
