PS280 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Anorexia Nervosa, Binge Eating, Amenorrhoea
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Specific concepts: this question takes a definitional dissection of the dsm-iv and what qualifies one to be placed under such category. Jamie is constantly skipping meals, counting calories while lindsay eats whatever she feels the urge to but accompanies this my purging the food through vomiting or misusing diuretics. Jamie"s condition is to _______ whereas lindsay"s is _______: restricting type; binge/purge type, binge/purge type; restricting type, self-punishment/ balanced-punishment, none of the above. Specific concepts: the specific concept this question focuses on is the different types of. Thorough answer: people with the restricting type of anorexia nervosa place severe restrictions on the quantity and type of food they consume such as counting calories, and following obsessive rules dictating their eating schedule. Individuals with the binge eating/purging type place restrictions on the food they eat followed by excessive purging.
