L33 Psych 354 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Anorexia Nervosa, Binge Eating Disorder, Bulimia Nervosa
22 Oct 2018
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Causes of anorexia and bulimia: social factors, standards of beauty and thinness for women, more of a cause of bulimia than anorexia, anorexia around before total culture of thinness. Social and cultural values that emphasize thinness, beauty, and appearance over agency are the starting point in understanding eating disorders: equifinality=there are many pathways todeveloping an eating disorder. Treatment for anorexia: treatment usually focuses on two goals: 1. Help the patient gain at least a minimal amount of weight (inpatient setting for severe cases) 2. Binge eating diagnosis trumped by both anorexia and bulimia: criteria: both needed, 1. Eating in a discrete period of time an amount of food that is definitely larger than what most individuals would eat under similar circumstances: 2. Anorexia diagnosis trumps both bulimia and binge eating: dsm 5 criteria, restriction of energy intake relative to requirements leading to a significantly low weight (required)
