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anorexia
- clinical characteristics
- below 85% body weight
- anxiety of gaining weight
- body image distortion
- amenorrhea
- usually in feales
- onset-14-16yrs
- 1% female teenage affected and 15 % cases fatel
- below 85% body weight
- biological
- neural
- hypothalamus
- lateral (LH) and ventrmedial (VMH) - homeostasis
- anand and brobeck- LH in mic - aphagia
- but didnt get too underweight or die - had
- but didnt get too underweight or die - had
- heathrington and ranson- VMH in rats- overeat
- however no damage to hypothalamus in post mortems
- lateral (LH) and ventrmedial (VMH) - homeostasis
- seretonin
- ^ levels
- regulates appetite
- reductionist?
- doesnt explain other characteristics-
body image dissatisfaction , axiety gaining weight and
- treatment ineffective but improve mood and other syptoms
- ^ levels
- hypothalamus
- evo
- adapted to flee famine hypothesis
- would have been mentally
energised and encourage others
to find a food source as there
was little where they were
- single minded
- expect to affect males as much
- would have been mentally
energised and encourage others
to find a food source as there
was little where they were
- reprductive supression hypothesis
- avoid havng babies using up resorces of their
own and when they dont have resources - they
die , baby or foetus doesnt survive- dont pass
on genes- not good for survival
- although avoiding making babies- is not
adaptive and so is not eating could die from it
- although avoiding making babies- is not
adaptive and so is not eating could die from it
- put off pregnancy until time is right
- why do men get it too- gender bias 25%
adults male anorexic
- how is it passed on if they dont reproduce
and pass on genes or have died
- amenorrhea a characteristic and onset of puberty delayed in anorexic girls
- avoid havng babies using up resorces of their
own and when they dont have resources - they
die , baby or foetus doesnt survive- dont pass
on genes- not good for survival
- deterministic?
- isnt falsifaible -no evidence- questionale as valid and scientific
- if behaviour continued and evolved -this
exp could be true even tho not a survival
advantage in modern time- now have
contraception
- ignores nature
- adapted to flee famine hypothesis
- genetic
- hollend et al- concordant-56 MZ 5% DZ
- treat same? most same
sex?external factor
- DZ she same dna so supports
that lays a part but only 56% other
percentage nurtue factors?
- treat same? most same
sex?external factor
- hollend et al- concordant-56 MZ 5% DZ
- neural
- psychological exp
- psychodynamic
- freud
- adolecent - reducing onset f puberty
keeping child like body and mind
- no responsibilities
- explains why onset is at 14-16yrs
- no responsibilities
- eating -big stomach-pregnancy
- adolecent - reducing onset f puberty
keeping child like body and mind
- burch- ineffective parenting
- control
- control
- perfectionist
- freud
- cognitive
- behavioural/leaning
- attention-positive einforcement
- research has shown most teens diet with
friends or group who encourage eachother
- research has shown most teens diet with
friends or group who encourage eachother
- role models in media
- entrants of tv in fiji and ^ anorexia
- entrants of tv in fiji and ^ anorexia
- attention-positive einforcement
- psychodynamic
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