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eating disorder treatment facilities
eating disorder treatment facilities Since students may not identify eating problems when they initially present at the counseling service, all intake interviews should include a question or two about possible eating issues: “Our society today is so diet conscious. Do you ever go on diets, or worry about your weight?” Most women in our culture […]
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what influences eating disorders
what influences eating disorders Eating disorders arise in the context of multiple factors: personality, familial, interpersonal, sociocultural, and biological (Striegel-Moore & Smolak, 2001;Tylka & Subich, 2004). Personality factors include lack of self-awareness, which makes it diffi cult for students to recognize their own needs and feelings. People prone to eating disorders are more likely to […]
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prevalence of eating disorders in adolescence
prevalence of eating disorders in adolescence It is extremely diffi cult to estimate prevalence of eating disorders due to the large numbers of suff erers who never seek help. Studies suggest that 1–2% of women meet criteria for AN, 3% meet DSM-IV criteria for BN (Mintz & Betz, 1988), and 2–5% meet DSM-IV criteria for […]
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eating disorders facts and myths
eating disorders facts and myths Eating disorders are defi ned in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual, fourth edition (DSM-IV), as “severe disturbances in eating behaviors” (American Psychiatric Association, 1994, p. 539). Anorexia nervosa (AN), bulimia nervosa (BN), and binge eating disorder (BED) (still a proposed new diagnostic category) are the major disorders. A residual category […]
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The primary-care hurdle of eating disorders
The primary-care hurdle of eating disorders Epidemiological research from different European countries highlights how eating disorders are under-diagnosed in primary care. A number of different reasons seem to present potent barriers to early diagnosis and intervention. These include: •patient delay in presenting their eating problems; •doctor delay in diagnosing eating disorders at an early stage; […]
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What should be the focus of any prevention work on eating disorders?
Many risk factors are not modifiable and so they cannot be targets of any health promotion programme. Moreover there is controversy as to the effectiveness of prevention packages which have had eating disorders as their focus as some have appeared to be ineffective (irrelevant to the majority) or dangerous as there is a risk that […]
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eating disorders articles
DEFINING EATING DISORDERS A person who has an eating disorder has a disturbance of eating habits or weight control behaviour with strong beliefs of what being overweight represents. This disturbance results in significant impairment of physical health or psychosocial functioning but should not be due to a general physical disorder or other mental illness. The […]
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What is Eating disorders
The eating disorders anorexia and bulimia nervosa frequently commence during the teenage years, with a minority of cases of anorexia nervosa having onset pre-pubertally. Patients tend to be secretive about their symptoms, so these may have been ongoing for some time before coming to clinical attention. Concern is usually raised by parents, and young people […]
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Eating disorders in children and adolescents
Eating disorders are conditions in which there is excessive preoccupation and concern with control of body weight and shape, with grossly restricted food intake. The term ‘eating disorder’ in children and adolescents covers a range of early onset conditions where one or all of the psychological, social and physical areas of functioning is involved. The […]
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