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Anorexia Nervosa Disorder
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Anorexia Nervosa Disorder commonly referred to in-short as “Anorexia” is an eating disorder characterized by a loss fifteen percent or more of original body weight. The psychiatric diagnosis applies to persons refusing to maintain a body weight considered appropriate for a person's age and height. Intense and obssesive fear of gaining weight, and more specifically becoming obese, leads to extreme weight control measures including: self-induced starvation, vomiting, purging, and abuse of diuretic drugs, diet pills, and even such dangerous appetite-surpressing amphetamines as cocaine. The Anorexia Nervosa Disorder stems from contributing genetic factors, depression, low self-esteem, and distorted body image.
Anorexia Nervosa Classifications
According to the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders published by the American Psychiatric Association there are two types of Anorexia Nervosa. The restricting type is represented by a person whom has not actively pursued binging, purging, self-induced vomiting or the dangerous abuse of laxatives, diuretics, recreational drugs, or enemas. The binge-eating or purging type is represented by a person whom has established a patters of binging and purging behavior including self-induced vomiting, the intended overuse of laxatives, diuretics, recreational drugs, or enemas.
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- Anorexia Nervosa Disorder
- Causes of Anorexia Nervosa
- Effects of Anorexia Nervosa
- Anorexia Nervosa Signs and Symptoms
- Anorexia Nervosa Treatment
Anorexia Nervosa Disorder commonly referred to in-short as “Anorexia” is an eating disorder characterized by a loss fifteen percent or more of original body weight. The psychiatric diagnosis applies to persons refusing to maintain a body weight considered appropriate for a person's age and height. Intense and obssesive fear of gaining weight, and more specifically becoming obese, leads to extreme weight control measures including: self-induced starvation, vomiting, purging, and abuse of diuretic drugs, diet pills, and even such dangerous appetite-surpressing amphetamines as cocaine. The Anorexia Nervosa Disorder stems from contributing genetic factors, depression, low self-esteem, and distorted body image.
Anorexia Nervosa Classifications
According to the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders published by the American Psychiatric Association there are two types of Anorexia Nervosa. The restricting type is represented by a person whom has not actively pursued binging, purging, self-induced vomiting or the dangerous abuse of laxatives, diuretics, recreational drugs, or enemas. The binge-eating or purging type is represented by a person whom has established a patters of binging and purging behavior including self-induced vomiting, the intended overuse of laxatives, diuretics, recreational drugs, or enemas.
