Category: Anorexia

To the Bone focuses on a twenty-year-old college dropout named Ellen (or Eli) who is struggling with anorexia nervosa (AN). Her stepmom is out of treatment options until Ellen meets an unconventional doctor who accepts her into his program, which consists of staying in a group home for six weeks and recovering from eating disorders.…

After the patient’s urine is analyzed using dipsticks and based on the information and results obtained during the test, the disease that the patient is suffering from can be diagnosed as anorexia nervosa. In this report, I will explain how I made this diagnosis. The first indication that led to this decision is from the…

In this article, twenty girls were put into the three categories of being pre-pubertal, pubertal, and post-pubertal when anorexia nervosa was diagnosed, (Warren,1968, pg 39). Warren examined the girls under a variety of factors, psychiatric symptoms, and their reaction to treatment while in the hospital. The prognosis of anorexia nervosa appears among young girls and…

Eating disorders are serious illnesses, which affect all kinds of people, characterized by a disturbance with ones body image, food and weight. Examples include Anorexia Nervosa, Bulimia Nervosa, and Binge Eating Disorder. These disorders arise from a rejection to changes around the person, which becomes a rejection to food. These illnesses have a devastating impact…

In todays society the topic of if individuals with anorexia nervosa should be able to withdraw from life sustaining treatment is still an ongoing debate. On one side you have to weigh the option of how much the patients autonomy and competence play into their decisions of being able to assess their quality of life.…

A life with anorexia can be very difficult, and if people do not seek help, they may lose their lives. As mentioned before, anorexia is the most common eating disorder, has the highest mortality rate (NICE Guidelines 2004), and is not exclusive to any age or gender. Being so common it means that there are…

Heighted Attentional Capture by Visual Food Stimuli in Anorexia Nervosa was a study done to test patients with anorexia nervosa and food stimulation. This study was done in 2017 to test the hypothesis that patients with anorexia nervosa are insensitive to the attentional capture of food stimuli. This means the researchers were testing to see…

Abstract Eating disorder is one among the common chronic conditions in the world today especially among adolescents. Eating disorder (ED) describe sicknesses that are represented by constant disturbance of eating patterns and extreme unhappiness or worry about body weight/shape which leads to poor physical and/or mental health. There is a huge misconception among some adolescents…

There are three main eating disorders which are all an abnormal attitude towards food and the intake of it. All will have a negative impact on an individuals life, including their physical and mental health. A sufferer may have a distorted view of their weight or body shape and so will either under or over…

Beauty is a state of mind. As adolescent girls and boys grow and develop, they have to learn to accept and love their bodies. The process of loving oneself is arduous, and being insecure can last into adulthood. However, some childrens insecurities may turn into serious disorders. One condition that is related to body dysmorphia…