Anorexia Patients Identify Disorder as “Inauthentic Self”
When an individual has an eating disorder such as anorexia, the individual’s loved ones may wrestle with how hard to push for formal eating disorder treatment. The person with the eating disorder may resist enrollment in even an outpatient program or meeting with a therapist, causing friends and family members anxiety about their safety. Bookmark [...]
“Trendy” Eating Disorders May Draw Unnecessary Attention
Eating disorders are made up of a spectrum of symptoms, with each case holding some similarity to others but unique in its qualities and causes. Even with so much variation, the DSM-IV recognizes only anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa and eating disorder not otherwise specified as the official clinical diagnoses. It is expected that binge eating [...]
Understanding Risk Factors for Anorexia
Anorexia has the highest death rate of any mental disorder. Characterized by an extreme form of body dissatisfaction called body image distortion that leads to an extreme limitation on caloric intake, the disorder especially affects young women and can affect both genders at any point of adulthood. Bookmark on Delicious Digg this post Recommend on [...]
Antipsychotic Drugs May Help Treat Anorexia
Anorexia nervosa affects between .5 and 1 percent of American women. Among those women, between 5 and 20 percent struggling with the disorder will die, according to the National Eating Disorders Association. Bookmark on Delicious Digg this post Recommend on Facebook Share on Linkedin share via Reddit Share with Stumblers Share on technorati Tumblr it [...]
