Essays on Eating Disorders

Types of postmodern therapy 4

Benefits of postmodern therapy 5 3. Family therapy 5

Techniques 7

4. Conclusion 7 5. Reference 9

Introduction

Therapy is very important because it helps people cope with some of the psychological and emotional problems that prevents them from living life fully. These problems come from a wide range of issues that occur in everyday life. There are many issues that therapy concentrates on during the sessions. This is because it addresses people’s problems through making them understand their issues. Hence, the therapist helps the patient to formulate alternative solutions for their problems. Most of the problems addressed in therapy are ...

Introduction

Eating is still considered as a responsibility of every individual, especially for the younger ones. Living in the healthiest way possible is a one great achievement that every young adult must obtain and maintain. This is the best way to prepare for the future, the time when the body is more vulnerable to diseases and complications. Prevent eating disorders, as these will lead to conditions, particularly in the weakening of the overall physical condition of an individual. However, in the recent study, it is determined that the adolescence years are the time when eating disorders trigger most of the ...

According to the two videos, about 42% of junior female athletes competing in aesthetic sports such as gymnastics suffer from eating disorder. Further, they show that more than 11 million people in America have an eating disorder (Gslayen). Primarily, from the videos, it can be observed that most of the people who suffer from eating disorder are in some form of a weight management plan. In as much as the female athletes in the aesthetics are more affected by this condition, male athletes are also affected as well. The videos state that about 33% of the male athletes in ...

Research article summary

Literature review summary Summarizing the relevant research related to the interconnection between eating disorders and parenting styles, the authors point to the general scientific interest for connections between types of parent-child bonds and overall psychological and mental implications for the child. The authors state that the existing research on long-term psychological implications of parental bonding style is predominantly retrospective, while the body of research shows the connection between overprotective parenting (especially from mothers) with eating disorders and particularly anorexia, bulimia and drive for thinness (Lobera et al., 2011, p. 729). At the same time, the reviewed research shows a ...

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Abnormal Psychology Media Promotions Affecting Anorexia Nervosa and Obesity Parenting Magazine Article Lay Audience Media Promotions Affecting Anorexia Nervosa and Obesity Eating habits are greatly influenced by what people see online or on TV. Media covers a variety of things, from products helpful in losing weight to junk food and enticing eatables. Therefore, it is necessary to explore the effect of media on people in terms of their dietary habits. This paper addresses the cause-effect relationship between media and weight-related issues. Eating disorders and obesity are the most discussed topics nowadays, especially among children and adolescents. Our society has ...

Among the notable congresswomen in the USA is Renee Ellmers who is the North Carolina’s 2nd District representative since her first election in 2010. As a nurse, she has remained an outstanding healthcare policy maker sponsoring and supporting several bills that have led to changes in healthcare service delivery in the USA. On January 16, 2015, Ellmers introduced H.R. 398-a bill to train healthcare workers on trafficking with the aim of empowering them to identify victims of trafficking and respond appropriately and on time. In this regards, the bill proposed that government agencies would collaborate to create a ...

Anorexia Nervosa is an eating disorder characterized by food restriction to the point of potentially losing a significant amount of weight and being life threatening. According to the National Eating Disorders Association (NEDA), the mortality statistic of this condition is between 5-20%, making it one of the highest of all psychiatric disorders. It is common for sufferers to be underweight, have obsessions surrounding fears of gaining weight, compulsions to over-exercise, and low self-esteem and poor body image due to these acts and maladaptive thought patterns that reinforce a deeply rooted negative self-image (NEDA, “Anorexia”). An eating disorder is caused ...

Childhood Obesity: An Overview

The rate of childhood obesity remains to be high in the past years. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (2015b), 17 percent of children and teenagers or 12.7 million young individuals in the United States are affected by obesity during the past decades. Childhood obesity in children is determined by the child’s body mass index (BMI). Compared to children of the same weight and gender, a child is considered obese if his or her BMI is in the 95th percentile (Anderson & Butler, 2006). This is a serious condition. Obesity increases mortality and morbidity and presents ...

In the past, I have researched a vast array of topics ranging from genetics and psychology to philosophy and the arts. My research experience has been routinely enlightening and inspiring. I find the process of selecting a subject, narrowing my perspective, and finding supporting evidence to support my claims or observations to be stimulating. On one occasion, while researching information for a sociology assignment, I perused scholarly articles, magazine and newspaper articles, reputable published texts, and documentary films. I was seeking out information for a paper that addressed the root causes of women’s eating disorders. I researched women’ ...

Introduction

Adolescent females are at higher risk of developing eating disorders than boys due to various factors such as pressure to look beautiful and psychological problems. Data shows that 90% of those suffering from eating disorders are women, with 2-3% of teenage females developing bulimia and 1% developing anorexia. The most common eating disorders among adolescent girls include anorexia nervosa, binge eating disorder, bulimia nervosa, subthreshold BED, and subthreshold AN. About 40% to 60% of girls between the ages of 6-12 years in the elementary school are concerned about becoming overweight (healthyteenproject, 2015), while 36% of adolescent girls believe are ...

INTRODUCTION

One of the technological platforms regularly visited by college students each and every day is social media. There are many youths who participate in all social media, like Facebook, Instagram and Twitter, as if it is an important factor of their lives, something that is essential and necessary. Social media places youths in place where there every posted action and opinion is free to agreeable responses, positive accolades and “likes,” but they are also facing negative comments, hurtful insults and, in some case, even threats. E.A. Vogel, as well as other authors, in the 2014 article for Psychology of ...

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Males may suffer from eating disorders and body image issues. Estimates show that more than 20% of patients with anorexia nervosa – a psychological disorder in which a patient thinks that he or she is too fat despite being emaciated – and bulimia nervosa – a disorder in which a person has alternative feelings of strong craving for food and aversion to food – are men. In men, patients with bulimia nervosa are more than the patients with anorexia nervosa. However, males have less inclination to bulimic compensatory behaviors such as laxative abuse or vomiting as compared to females, and ...

Mental disorders take a toll on a person’s life, affecting not only their emotional and psychological health but also by imposing negative effects on their physical health and well-being. This is the reason why it is very important to treat mental disorders very keenly and to take extra care in the kind of treatment which is being given to people with mental illnesses. Doctors and specialists compose a very balanced proportion of medication for the patients so they can heal properly and their drugs can have positive, curative effects on their mental health. Along with medication and various ...

It has been said that obesity is a challenge for many countries, among them developed ones too. It has been also said, that the US is the first in the ranking of obese people among developed nations. The questions that I raise in this essay are as follows: why is obesity a recent issue and where it comes from? Why do Americans tend to be heavier in body weight than inhabitants of other countries? In order to approach those questions, firstly, I will analyze the cultural dimension of eating in an American way since the society, cultural traits and ...

Synthesis Table

Introduction The literature review summarizes the facts of the increasing eating disorders in young children that results in the emergence of various harmful diseases. The studies are prepared by different researchers to determine the intensity of eating disorders in young girls. It also synthesizes the responsibility of different types of professionals and practitioners working in nursing fields. The information collected from the previous studies is relevant for identifying the increasing trend in young girls, and also recommendations are provided those helpful for controlling this major issue.

Literature Review

Burton (2014) stated that eating disorder in the young adolescents is the major ...

Introduction

The topic selected from the textbook is in chapter 8 eating disorders in abnormal psychology. Eating disorders are abnormal psychological disorders that are characterized by abnormal food attitudes that make an individual change their diet. Often people who suffer from eating disorders focus on their body shape and weight excessively making them adopt unhealthy food behaviors that pose as a risk to their health. In regards to the above information, the paper analyzes Attia and Walsh article on anorexia nervosa abnormal psychology eating disorder.

Main points from the article

The condition is quite common especially among young women in most industrialized nations where the ...

In the year of 1955, families around the world became at risk of losing decades of having dinner at the table, together. Yet, at the time, it seemed like a reasonable solution to haphazardly putting a meal together for a family who, at times, would not eat it. The phenomenon of the fast food industry has released many parents from the scrutiny of meal-planning every day of the week. The commercial marketing towards children made their products irresistible, seemingly affordable, easy, and enjoyable. McDonald’s took the world by force, making hamburgers and French fries the answer to busy ...

Psychology

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I wouldn’t try to discuss this problem with her; I would rather listen to her and provide an empathetic ear to her problems. If I pushed too hard for her to get help, I could potentially push her away, which is the opposite of what I’d want in this situation. I would try to listen to her because she probably trusts me if she disclosed this issue to me, and I don’t want her to feel pressured by me. I would suggest seeking help in the form of counseling or outpatient therapy, but I would try ...

Life is full of experiences for people, and those experiences come in different forms – god and bad. Besides, each of experiences has its positive and negative effects. However, the common big issues in the world that make people worry about themselves are the bad experiences, attitudes, or shocks. Since these attributes constitute the main problem of psychological trauma, people who have suffered from them since childhood may as well continue with them during adulthood. Psychological trauma can happen from a number of events, such as a rough or negligent childhood, a divorce, and even the death of someone close ...

There is a growing awareness among clinicians and researchers alike (despite a paucity of solid, supporting epidemiological data) that the eating disorders, anorexia nervosa and bulimia, are appearing in certain segments of the population at an increasingly alarming rate Lucas, Beard, Kranz, & Kuriand, 1983). These are eating disorders that can have quite similar manifestations and different origins (sometimes they are endocrinological, while sometimes they can be therapeutic or even psychological-psychiatric). However, the main cause of these diseases is a distorted view of own body and an altered attitude to the process of nutrition. The term anorexia nervosa means nervous ...

CHOOSE TOPIC

FIND SOURCES APPROPRIATE FOR THE TOPIC OF THE PAPER WRITE INTRODUCTION FOR THE PAPER WRITE CONCLUSIONS FOR THE PAPER Introduction Anorexia nervosa is one of eating disorders which appears, as a rule, in young women in the age 12-25 years. However, cases when males become anorexic patients also can be found. The main features of anorexia nervosa: weight loss of more than 15% of the initial weight, pathological belief in own obesity despite the extremely low weight, amenorrhea. At the center of disease is persistent desire to lose weight, which patients try to achieve using diets, exercise, and even ...

PSYCHOLOGY

Eating disorders, (ED) have long been associated with a particular perception. One which is today turning out not to be the only influencing factor when it comes to these psychological disturbance that affect many women worldwide, and are in fact on a steady increase. It has for a long time been generalized and assumed that the emergence of certain eating disorders such as binge eating and anorexia in several countries –not just America- was ascribed to the media image of “thin” being beautiful. Though this is trues and many cases support this hypothesis, there are however new incites in ...

The world of fashion is the area, which lures and charms both men and women. But very few people really know what it means to be a model and how much modeling industry negatively affects health of tender young women. Modeling industry is much criticized for that negative impact it has on the health of girls wishing to look as perfect as models and have such tender bodies as their favorite models. In the paper, we are going to concentrate on the topic how modeling industry affects models` health and discuss whether this industry shall be regarded responsible for ...

Eating disorders are characterized by the changes in a person’s eating behavior that is either a significant reduction of food or substantial overeating. The causes of these states may vary from the feelings of distress to the concern about one’s body and therefore one’s appearance. As a rule, adolescents and young adults suffer from eating disorders, but children and older adults may face these problems too. Anorexia, bulimia and binge eating are the primary types of eating disorders ("Eating Disorders | Psychology Today", 2015, n.p.).

Cases Background Information

Anita is a perfectionist. That is why she is worried much about ...

Media images always play a key role in everyday life, but the messages related to the young women beauty are sometimes harmful. A normal person is exposed to around 6,000 ads a day and this is only due to the type of consumer economy of today. The thin ideal refers to the concept of having a thin female body. A trend of increasing thinness in fashion models, actresses and beauty pageant contestants can be seen in the last few decades. Due to this, more and more individuals are suffering from negative effects of being exposed to ideal body ...

Background: The rising prevalence of obesity in children is a serious public health concern. Obesity is like a silent killer, and can predispose the child to a number of lifelong disabilities and chronic diseases. Obesity is negatively linked to life span. A child with obesity has higher amount of adipose tissue deposition, when compared to a normal weight child. The excess calorie that is not utilized for work or growth, is deposited in the form of adipose tissue and stored in the body. Adipose tissues are made of adipocytes or other called fat containing cells. Obesity occurs from factors ...

When writing any information relative to cause and effect, there has to be clarity with a specified purpose in mind to include the audience who will be addressed, the subject matter, and finally the cause and effect relationship that will be discussed. The presenter of the information must be able to identify the cause and effect relationship and how it exists. But before beginning to write the essay, report, or memorandum, the writer must know what the definition of cause and effect. A cause is what causes something to happen and an effect is what happens because of the ...

It is not about the weight. Eating disorders

The obsession with maintaining trim and fit model-like bodies has been increasing tremendously thanks to the numerous images of ideal bodies being flashed on mass media at every turn. As such, people are doing all in their power to attain certain figures and shapes and it all comes down to losing weight. However, the weight loss is coming at a lot of sweat to many people as they develop among other conditions a variety of eating disorders. These disorders refer to a range of psychological disorders that are characterized by disturbed or abnormal eating habits such as anorexia nervosa ...

Introduction

Childhood obesity has become a serious and a major health problem. It is a condition characterized by excess fats in the body and it negatively affects a child’s overall well being and health. The diagnosis of obesity is based on body mass index (BMI). Cases of childhood obesity have been on the rise (Cdc.gov., 2016). It has necessitated the need to recognize obesity as a serious health problem and concern among the heath fraternity. However, in most areas, the term overweight is used instead of obesity as it is less stigmatizing. BMI is acceptable method for determining obesity ...

Eating disorders, which include anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa and binge eating without purging the food, have become increasingly common with the constant change of unhealthy demands towards female and male bodies popularized through media. While people of both genders and all ages are susceptible to this set of disorders, adolescent girls are considered an especially vulnerable group. According to Goodheart, Clopton., & Robert-McComb (2012), about 14% of adolescent girls have subclinical eating problems, while 30% of teenage girls having anorexia nervosa will continue suffering from this disorder in the course of their entire lives (p. 33). The worst consequence of ...

Introduction

Mental illnesses across cultures is an issue that has had many debates and research over the years. The reason for this is stemmed from the fact that people from various cultural background react differently from others. The conflicting reactions have led to the development of this research. A researcher wants to find the connection between the arguments in order to find the right answers. Culture cannot be stated to belong to one person. This fact is because it involves sharing of values, traditions and beliefs. According to WHO, there are millions of people across the world who have a ...

Adolescent Food Consumption

I. Adolescence and food consumption during adolescence Adolescence is a critical period of an individual’s growth because this is a stage where most of the growth and development occurs. Most pubescents are sensitive about the food they consume, and they tend to either overeat or undereat. Adolescent eating habits may be either healthy or unhealthy depending on various reasons they may have or encounter. Despite the fact that most teenagers take unhealthy meals there are some adolescents who have good and healthy eating habits. A. Healthy Eating Habits. In a study, researchers conducted a survey of more than ...

How much a person consumes depends highly on their culture. Eating disorders, for example, are most often seen among European American women than the African American women (Durand & Barlow, 2016, p.291). This has been the effect of certain cultural beliefs, such as those that has something to do with the ideal body shape. It only appears that those who value thinness all the more tend to do more to attain a lower weight and thinner body. A small change in culture can influence the rate of eating disorders, such as seen in Asian women who attend Western universities and ...

Psychology:

Psychology: When we are children, the smallest things can have such immense impacts on one’s life. A child’s world generally revolves around complete possibility, positivity, and spontaneity. However this natural process can all be easily violated when a child is subject to sexual abuse. This violation comes with an abundance of psychological, social, and psychological effects. Mainly looking at the physical effects such immoral retribution subjugates children too, it can ultimately said that childhood sexual abuse can establish severe physical effects in which may completely violate the trust and core of a child’s relationship with the ...

In all times women were paying much attention to their appearance regardless of their ethnicity. However, each ethnicity has its own image of a beautiful body determined by its cultural and social values. Nowadays, there are many studies on how women of different ethnicities perceive an ideal body and how they assess themselves in relation to this ideal image. In our modern society the latter is imposed also by the media which portrays skinny models as being perfect and ideal. The main issue investigated by most of psychologists in burgeoning literature devoted to this subject is the attitude of ...

Abstract

Body dissatisfaction refers to an individual’s negativity regarding their own body image. It is found throughout all individuals, regardless of age or gender. However, studies have shown differences do exist when it comes to body dissatisfaction and an individual’s age or gender. Previous research has been aimed at body dissatisfaction and the causes that leads to an individual’s body dissatisfaction. This study is aimed at analyzing whether or not media exposure has a bigger influence when it comes to body dissatisfaction than psychological factors. The sample for this study will consist of 450 participants throughout three ...

Bulimia nervosa, or simply bulimia, is an eating disorder, characterized by two main symptoms: irresistible food addiction followed by attempts to get rid of the consumed food. People suffering from bulimia tend to either vomit the food they’ve eaten, or take laxatives (in some cases both methods are used); some of them do excessive exercise after eating or start water fasting. Studies show that most people with bulimia are having normal weight (Bulik et al. 6). However, they are not able to adequately evaluate their body, have low self-esteem, desperately want to lose weight. In case of bulimia ...

Eating disorders are a major cause for gastrointestinal problems and they are mostly caused by an individual’s perception about their body weight, size or shape. Apparently, in most cases people tend to avoid professional nutritional advice and the end up making abnormal dietary and nutrition decision which further predispose them to irreversible body responses and changes (DSM-5 American Psychiatric Association, 2013). In Joci’s case the entire dietary plan is distorted and inconsequential. It is clear that Joci is seeking to cut weight and has an obsession with their weight. Even when trying to cut weight or achieve ...

Eating Disorder is a condition that includes self-basic, cynical musings and emotions about body weight, food and dietary patterns that disturb typical body operations and day by day exercises. Most dietary issues revolve around concentrating a lot on your weight, body shape and food, prompting risky eating practices (Agras & Apple, 2008). These practices can altogether affect your body's capacity to get satisfactory nutrients from the diet you choose. The most well-known dietary problems are anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa and voraciously consuming food issue. Eating disorders, among other recognized disorders is the most fatal, considering that it is harmful to ...

Gender Differences Eating Disorders

Epidemiological studies have found that anorexia nervosa (AN) and bulimia nervosa (BN) are more prevalent amongst female populations(Hart, Granillo, Jorm, & Paxton, 2011; Striegel‐Moore et al., 2009). A study found, that gender disparity is reversed when it comes to binge eating disorder (0.6% women vs. 1.9% men)(Striegel‐Moore et al., 2009). Analyses yielded several statistically significant gender differences among those with eating disorders(Striegel‐Moore et al., 2009). Results reveal that compared to women, men were more likely to report overeating. On the other hand, women were more likely to express a sense of "loss of control" ...

Initial Reaction to the Intervention

Upon the first consideration of the intervention used by Vaz, Volkert & Piazza (2011), the initial reaction was the effect of the intervention on the nutritional status of the child and behavior modeling. Concerning the child’s nutritional status, the concern is that the negative reinforcement through the avoidance of non-preferred foods resulted in the inadvertent positive reinforcement through the presentation of preferred foods. If the preferred foods cannot provide a balanced diet, then the use of the intervention can have counterproductive results. With regards to behavior modeling, the concern is that the child might enjoy the attention of the ...

<Institution> According to Neumark-Steiner, “over one-half of teenage girls and nearly one-third of teenage boys use unhealthy weight control behaviors such as skipping meals, fasting, smoking cigarettes, vomiting, and taking laxatives” (as cited in National Eating Disorder Association, n.d.). As adolescence become more and more exposed to advertising and other media outlets that portray beautiful body in the form of a skinny physique, , especially for girls, then their desire to achieve such form become even stronger at the expense of their own health. Being underweight is an important issue to discuss because it is associated with several health ...

Anorexia nervosa

The concept I chose for this paper is anorexia nervosa. And another concept is a parental-children bond as the factor of developing symptoms of anorexia nervosa. Anorexia nervosa - eating disorder characterized by deliberate weight loss, caused by / or supported by the patient, for the purpose of weight loss or prevention of weight gain. It is more common among girls. Many experts believe that anorexia nervosa is a kind of self-harm.

DSM-IV recommends for diagnosis "anorexia nervosa" four criteria:

A. Refusal to maintain body weight at a minimum for age and height of an individual; B. Expressed fear of an increase in weight or volume of ...

Introduction

In this essay, we will discuss questions about how depression, schizophrenia and eating disorders are explained in different theories and approaches. Also, there will be addressed questions about the treatment of these mental diseases, about techniques used by therapists of different psychotherapy approaches in the treatment of listed diseases and effectiveness of some approaches. 1. Description of different explanation of depression, schizophrenia and eating disorders 1. 1. Psychodynamic explanation of schizophrenia According to the psychodynamic theory, one of the reasons of schizophrenia is a destruction of the organization "ego", which affects the interpretation of reality and the needs of ...

The Name of the Class

Psychological Abnormality The concept of mental abnormalities in behavior has always been a debate among psychologists and psychiatrists. Practical application of this concept in psychology and psychiatry comes down to personal experience gained in professional work. It is the main criterion for evaluating diagnostic data of personal properties as the mentally ill and mentally healthy people. Despite the fact that the performance of various personal properties by test standards may be lower than the test norms of certain personal qualities. Psychiatrists most rely on personal experience, based on which they determine psychological diagnoses of individuals to assess their mental ...

The patient in this case is a 16 year old, single female name Sonia Sanchez. She is of Hispanic descent. The child has what seems like a stable home life. Her parents are married and she lives with them in a suburban area. Sonia attends the local high school. She is popular, outgoing and friendly. She has had the same friends since childhood.

Description of Problem

In order to understand what is happening with the child and properly assist in interventions and diagnosis we conducted interviews with the patient’s parents, family and school friends. The interviews revealed some interesting information about ...

1. What problem / disorder did you select and why did you select this topic? This paper examines one of the eating disorders that is bulimia nervosa. This topic was chosen because it affects or influences a large number of people, sometimes in a hidden or unconscious form. Nowadays people tend to pay too much attention to how much they eat and how their appearance changes because of food. Such a behavior provokes numerous eating disorders, one of which is bulimia nervosa. 2. Provide an overview of the problem / disorder you selected. Key areas to address include: a. ...

Introduction

In a learning environment, like a high school, students have different characters adopted from their environments, for instance, there are cool students and “blockheads.” For some learners, high school life is fascinating, educational, and interesting, while other learners find the environment suffocative and a long, infuriating period. The diversities in perceptions of learners can be attributed to the popular culture they subscribe. Popular culture also known as pop culture refers to different perspectives, attitudes, ideas, pictures, or other experiences associated with a particular culture. Different high schools have different cultures and cultures can offer benchmarks learners apply to identify ...

Introduction

Many people, especially women have been known to obsess over their weight. It has always been a relevant issue in today’s society on how they may maintain or lose weight. Failure to abide by these social constructs may lead to insecurities and other mental implications. It is as if, one’s self-worth is measured by their waistline and their self-esteem is heightened as their size drops. The incidences when one’s weight becomes a measure of self-esteem or self-worth is enough reason to study further on this issue. Weight stigma does not affect women in their early years ...

Adolescence is one of those periods when significant physiological changes occur in the body of an individual. Firstly, adolescence is a time of sexual maturity. Adolescent girls experience the beginning of menstruation, different changes in their body. Boys experience their voice changes, and also, there are some changes in their appearance. Teenager’s body can have an unpleasant smell due to the development of new sweat glands. Teens begin to experience sexual desire and increasing interest about individuals of the opposite sex. During this period, there are significant hormonal changes, which can affect the emotional state, behavior and well-being ...

Majority of the health conscious young women experience Anorexia, which is an eating disorder associated with poor eating habits motivated by the fear of becoming fat. This prevents young women from taking adequate calories of food. Sometimes young women affected by a condition called Bulimia, cannot resist the taste of certain food items and overeat; they later on purge out the food either by using laxatives or vomiting to avert weight gain (Kam, 2016). Binge eating is another feature of eating disorder affecting majority of young women. Women given to binge eating eat more often high quantities of food ...

Literature Review

Chairman: Committee member: Committee member: Masters of Arts in Psychology 2016 Introduction With childhood obesity on the rise, there is increasing concern about the prevention and treatment of obesity. Current national data on childhood and adolescent obesity show 16.9 percent of 2-to-19-year-old children and adolescents are obese (Ogden, Carroll, Kit, & Flegal, 2014). An effective intervention to manage obesity is essential. The current weight management practices involve dietary modification, behavioral change therapies involving exercise, pharmacological therapy and surgical intervention. The purpose of this literature review is to explore the current research on Motivational Interviewing (MI) as an effective method for ...

Difference between Qualitative and Quantitative Research Approaches

The qualitative research approach is based on oral information, such as telling someone that Mighty Vac helps in cleaning corner areas; it is qualitative research type. Quantitative research is conducted with numbers and figures that can be checked mathematically. Telling someone that 30% survey participants reported Mighty Vac highly value is based on quantitative research approach (Gorman, 2003). The quantitative research approach chosen by Gettelman & Thompson (1993) befits the research question related to real differences and routine observations in body image and eating disorders, while comparing preferences of heterosexual and homosexual males and females. Research in this journal article ...

Abstract

In XXI century, among all political issues, the world has faced the challenge having the impact on the significant amount of people in several countries. This challenge is called obesity and related to it food addiction. While the issue of obesity origins and consequences have been already considered properly by the scientists, the notion of food addiction and similar to it eating addiction have not been subjects of the researches and investigations. In this respect, the author analyzes the notion of eating addiction, its main features, origins and impact on the teens and other groups of society. Furthermore, the ...

Introduction

Her family background is not clear but Brandy describes her mother as severely overweight and as someone who is always on a diet. As she was growing up, she remembers how her father always made harsh comments about her mother’s weight. In addition, there were times when Brandy recalled her father giving her looks that had sexual overtones and how they made her feel uncomfortable. However, she states that her father has never touched her in an inappropriate manner.

Symptoms and Diagnosis

Preliminary diagnosis would indicate Brandy’s condition to be Bulimia Nervosa. This is a potentially life-threatening eating disorder that ...

The literature review of this study is a comprehensive review of Psychodynamic therapy and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy. The literature will involve empirical support, description of the available treatment, theoretical aspects as well as historical perspectives of these therapies. The research concurs with the conclusion that CBT is an adequate treatment modality for minimizing symptoms and boosting functional results among the patients with psychodynamic therapy. Thus, makes it a vital framework for clinicians working with clients with psychodynamic symptomology. The cognitive behavioral theory was developed by Aaron Beck in 1960. Currently, this theory is one of the most frequently used ...

Introduction: Eating disorders are associated with numerous comorbid medical conditions that include cardiovascular diseases, gastrointestinal complications, osteoporosis and complications of the endocrine system. Early detection is vital in the prevention of the negative health outcomes which are associated with disordered eating habits. On the scientific level, screening the high school students is important because it gives a basis upon which the criteria for the diagnosis of the eating disorders can be evaluated Method: This paper looks at the screening of students in high school for various eating disorders. This is informed by the important of early detection to the ...

Importance of Health and medicine

Introduction The topic area of health and medicine is wide. In general, health and medicine are two areas which are vital for the survival and well-being of human beings. It is through this topic that a number of areas have been explored by experts and helped in improving the life expectancy of human being. For the last century, there has been a number of advancement in medical field. These advancements have been motivated by the urge to promote health and have health individuals (Hughes, Joshi, and Wareham). The advancement ranges from how the diseases are treated to coming up ...

Question 1

Currently, alcoholism represents one of the widespread addictions. The long-term physiological effects of addiction to alcohol are characterized by the phenomena of tolerance and dependence. Tolerance occurs when a set of liver enzymes is produced after a prolonged drinking, which assist in metabolizing alcohol. As a result, alcohol is broken down faster and the person has to increase alcohol amounts in order to attain the same amount of intoxication. Tolerance is the most critical long-term physiological effects of addiction to alcohol. This is so because it produces a false sense of security in the people addicted to alcohol. This can lead to ...