If faced with having to treat a teen with an eating disorder, hospitalization and therapy have become the main way of finding help. The main goal of hospitalization is to bring their body weight back to normal, and than therapy uses body modification as a way to change their mental view on weight. ...
Bulimia Nervosa (BN) is one of the leading eating disorders worldwide alongside anorexia nervosa and continues to pose a major health threat as sufferers experience psychological and medical symptoms that most often lead to complications (Le Grange & Lock, 2007, p. 4). One of these complications is the tendency of bulimic patients to commit suicide because of aggravating sense of despair and loss of hope. According to Pompili, Girardi, Ruberto & Tatarelli (2006), "suicide in anoxeria nervosa and bulimia nervosa is a major cause of death" (p. 1). Aside from suicide, one of the distu...
"Does this dress make me look fat?"... "I'm trying that Atkins diet"... "I have to lose five pounds by next week." These are just a few excerpts from the infatuation with looking thin which has had a grasp over the United States since the gift of sight. Young, thin images of models and actresses consume television and magazines, showcasing an unrealistic view of a "perfect" body image. ...
Anorexia nervosa is a serious, sometimes life- threatening, conditions that tends to be chronic. This disorder, which has been occurring at a rapidly increasing rate over the last ten years, is characterized by extreme starvation that leads to a disastrous weight loss. Along with other factors, ano...
" Anorexia Nervosa- Anorexia nervosa is a relentless pursuit of excessive thinness that interferes with the fulfillment of responsibilities to the self and to others because it produces an intense and irrational fear of becoming fat, an obsession with food and weight control, and a life threaten...
Eating disorders have taken over many young adolescents lives, mostly young girls and younger women. Western cultures food is abundant and the eating disorder rates are thriving. Large amounts of people are obese, and many suffering from binge eating. On the contrary, many adolescents suffer from anorexia nervosa and bulimia nervosa. The following essay researches the importance of sociocultural and environmental influences, as to whether such contributions are the most significant or go hand in hand with biological factors in the development of eating disorders. ...