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| Psychological disorders are often a taboo subject in our society. Many find themselves to be the subject of ridicule and/or a social pariah from their peers at the simple hint of a mental disorder. This stems largely from simple ignorance to the cause and actual effects of the problems. Many of the same people that spend most of the day complaining about others that have psychological disorders could potentially find themselves and their behavior defined as such. Psychological disorder are an, “ongoing patter of thoughts, feelings or actions that are deviant, distressful and dysfunctional.” Deviancy is defined as being different from other people who share your culture. For behavior to be distressful it must distress either the individual or others around the individual. Finally behavior must cause dysfunction in the individuals’ daily life. For someone to be diagnosed with a psychological disorder their behavior must have all the components of deviancy, distressfulness and cause dysfunction. Numerous people are completely unaware that they are being affected by a psychological disorder verse simply having mood swings or reacting to certain stimuli. |
What is the primary characteristic of anorexia nervosa? |
Binge eating Refusal to eat Purging behaviors Both 2 and 3 |
Refusal to eat |
In anorexia nervosa, the individual has a distorted body image that leads her/ him to see herself/himself as overweight. Often refusing to eat, exercising compulsively and developing unusual habits such as refusing to eat in front of others, the person with anorexia may lose large amounts of weight and even starve herself/himself to death. In bulimia nervosa, the individual may eat excessive amounts of food, then purge her/his body of food by using medicines such as laxatives or diuretics or by vomiting. The person often feels disgusted and ashamed when s/he binges and is relieved of tension and negative emotions after purging. |
