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Title: ANOREXIA NERVOSA Approaches on wellbeing


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ANOREXIA NERVOSAApproaches on well-being
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Anorexia contents
  • What is anorexia nervosa?
  • What are the causes?
  • What are the symptoms?
  • General therapy approaches
  • International side
  • Summary
  • References
  • Discussion

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What is Anorexia Nervosa?
  • DSM-IV
  • Refusing to maintain the body weight
  • Anxiety for gaining weight
  • Body ? reality
  • Amenorrhea

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Types of Anorexia Nervosa
  • Two types
  • Restricting type ( diet exercises )
  • Purging type ( vomiting )

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What are the causes?
  • Biological factors
  • Cultural factors
  • Personal feelings
  • Stressful events

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What are the symptoms?
  • Visible
  • Changes in weight
  • White colour
  • Tiredness
  • Exercise
  • Depression
  • Eating alone and slowly

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What are the symptoms?
  • Invisible
  • Amenorrhea
  • Thyroid, liver and kidney disorders
  • Always thinking about food
  • Feeling guilty

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The overall goals of treatment are
  • Treat medical complications
  • Gradually gain weight to a level that allows
    normal menstrual periods to begin
  • Normalize eating
  • Eliminate inappropriate weight control behaviours
  • Help the person cope with changes in eating and
    weight control
  • Deal with psychological and family problems

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Factors that determine the types of treatments
  • Age
  • Current living arrangements
  • Length of anorexia nervosa
  • Medical condition
  • Other eating disorder symptoms
  • Poor results with previous treatments
  • Other psychological symptoms

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Some forms of treatments
  • Physical treatments
  • Emotional treatments
  • Cognitive treatments

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Physical treatments
  • Enteral nutrition
  • It is forced feeding in an extreme life
    threatening situation

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Emotional treatments
  • Relaxation exercise

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Cognitive (psychological) treatments
  • Mirror exercise
  • Rope exercise
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