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An eating disorder in which a person diets and becomes significantly underweight, yet still feeling fat, continues to starve.

- Loss of appetite and inability to eat.

- An emotional disorder characterized by an obsessive desire to lose weight by refusing to eat.

ASSOCIATED FEATURES

Anorexic food and behavior signs and symptoms• Dieting despite being thin

- banning “bad” foods (carbs and fats)• Obsession w/ calories, fat grams, and nutrition. - Reading food labels, measuring portions, keeping a food diary.• Pretending to eat or lying about eating. Anorexic appearance & body image signs & symptoms• Dramatic weight loss• Feeling fat, despite being underweight• Harshly critical of appearance

Purging signs & symptoms• Using diet pills, laxatives• Throwing up after eating• Compulsive exercising

ASSOCIATED FEATURES…DSM

A. Refusal to maintain body weight at or above a minimally normal weight for age and height (e.g., weight loss leading to maintenance of body weight less than 85% of that expected; or failure to make expected weight gain during period of growth, leading to body weight less than 85% of that expected). 

ASSOCIATED FEATURES..DSM

B. Intense fear of gaining weight or becoming fat, even though underweight. 

ASSOCIATED FEATURESDSM

C. Disturbance in the way in which one's body weight or shape is experienced, undue influence of body weight or shape on self-evaluation, or denial of the seriousness of the current low body weight.

ASSOCIATED FEATURESDSM

D. Disturbance in the way in which one's body weight or shape is experienced, undue influence of body weight or shape on self-evaluation, or denial of the seriousness of the current low body weight.

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-Doesn’t want to be fat.

- Maybe a family member struggled with it.

- May play sports (maintaining specific weight)

- Low self- esteem

-Social and/or cultural pressures

PREVALENCE

Anorexia is more common in women than men, but men struggle with it also.

1 in 200 American women suffers from it. 80% of 13yr olds try to lose weight.

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Anorexia is not a common disorder. It affects only 5 to 10 people out of every 100,000 people.

However, it may be a growing problem. Agras WS (2001).

TREATMENT

Psychotherapy- helps with emotional issues

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy

- help change abnormal thoughts and behavior Family Therapy

- share experience Medications

- antidepressants

- estrogen Nutritionists

-help maintain proper diet and normal eating habit

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The outcome of this disorder is that it may be different depending on the person

• some die (6%)

• some commit suicide

• with the right treatment half of the affected have full recovery

• some gain a lot of weight.

PROGNOSIS• About 45% of these people have an

incredible• Another 30% experience considerable

improvement• About 20% of those receiving

treatment remain seriously impaired• Between 2% and 10% die because of

the disorder. Deaths are usually related to complications of starvation or suicide. However, death rates appear to be decreasing due to improved treatments.

CELEBRITIES THAT SUFFERED FROM ANOREXIA

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