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Summary 1.6 Normal or Abnormal - Problem 2 - Eating Disorders
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Summary of the second problem of the course 1.6 Normal or Abnormal - Eating Disorders
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Problem 2 – Eating disordersAccording to DSM-5 all eating disorders in general are characterized by → persistent disturbance in
eating behavior
Common characteristics of Anorexia Nervosa and Bulimia Nervosa: → intense fear of becoming
overweight and fat & → pursuit of thinness
Binge → out of control consumption of amounts of foods that are greater than what most other people
would eat in the same amount of time and under such circumstances
Purge → removing what one has eaten from the body via using self-induced vomiting, severe laxatives,
diuretics and enemas
Substitutes for purging → compensatory behavior e.g. severe exercise, starving
What are the differences between the eating disorders ?
• In Anorexia, very low weight → in bulimia and binge eating usually overweight
• In anorexia and bulimia patients fear gaining weight → not in the BED
• All have a problem with their body image
• All disorders except for Anorexia restricting type involves binge eating
• Purging occurs only in Anorexia – binge/purge subtype and bulimia – purging subtype
• All except BED use some kind of non-purging method to avoid weight gain
• Lack of control over eating is in BED, bulimia, and anorexia binge/purge type → not in the
restricted type (too much control)
The two types of anorexia
Restrictive: effort to limit quantity of food consumed, caloric intake tightly controlled, avoid eating in the
presence of other people
, Binge-eating/purge: having very low weight and controlling it by purging or other wight loss methods
after bingeing
What are the different criteria for eating disorders? (learning goal 2):
What are the main different criteria of the three ED according to
DSM-5?
• Occurs at least once a week in 3 months in BED and bulimia
• Anorexia not framed by time, patient has to be underweight,
restricting food intake with distorted self/image and fear of weight
gain
Age of onset:
Anorexia Nervosa Bulimia Binge-
Nervosa eating
15-19 20-24 30-50
As early as 7, tendency in
younger people
Gender and sexual orientation differences in Eating Disorders:
• 3:1 ratio of females to males
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