Eating Disorders:
o
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Biological – higher levels of serotonin / genetic predisposition
Social – professions / sports / cultural values / family
influences
•
Western cultures value thinness
Psychological / emotional – personality / major life events /
powerlessness
o
Often perfectionist girls, seek the approval of
other people, tend to think in blank and white
perspective no gray…
•
Sexual abuse / physical abuse could trigger an eating
disorder
•
Trying to get back a sense of power by not eating
because pretty much all they can control is what they
can eat. (must go to school, listen to what parents say,
etc)
o
Bulimia nervosa – binge and purge
Seeing a rise in exercise bulimia
Often maintain normal body weight
•
Teeth tend to have a gray
•
More likely to rupture esophagus
•
Vomit blood
•
Excessive use of breath mints
•
Cuts and abrasions on knuckles
o
Emotions
o
Robert Plutchik proposed 8 basic emotions: fear, surprise, sadness,
disgust, anger, anticipation, joy, and acceptance.
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- Spring '08
- Domangue
- Robert Plutchik, physiological changes, Exercise Bulimia
