Psychology 2030A/B Chapter Notes - Chapter 7: Binge Eating Disorder, Bulimia Nervosa, Binge Eating
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Anorexia nervosa: disorder recognized in medical literature in late 19th century in france and britain. Nervous loss of appetite characterized by severe revulsion toward eating. (cid:862)(cid:374)er(cid:448)ous(cid:863) (cid:272)o(cid:373)po(cid:374)e(cid:374)ts of the disorder, (cid:862)per(cid:448)ersio(cid:374) of the (cid:449)ill(cid:863) starvation. Gull focused on the role of starvation, lasegue emphasized social and psychological factors. Saints starve themselves to pursue purity or devotion to god, classic example of social context that causes anorexia nervosa. Bulimia nervosa: binge eating, followed by vomiting or other compensatory behavior. Binge eating disorder: binge eating behavior with bulimia nervosa, without the purging behavior. We know about this the least, debuted in dsm-5. Anorexia nervosa: restriction of energy intake relative to need, result in significantly low body weight in (cid:272)o(cid:374)te(cid:454)t of age, se(cid:454), de(cid:448)elop(cid:373)e(cid:374)tal traje(cid:272)tor(cid:455), a(cid:374)d ph(cid:455)si(cid:272)al health. You(cid:374)g patie(cid:374)t (cid:272)a(cid:374)"t a(cid:272)hie(cid:448)e the weight expected as normal growth. Measured using bmi, (kg/m2), has cutoffs for underweight (<18. 5), normal (18. 5-24. 9), overweight (25-29. 9) and obsess (>30. 0).