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Anorexia Nervosa - Coggle Diagram
Anorexia Nervosa
What is anorexia nervosa characterized by?
Extreme fear of becoming fat.
Low body weight.
Denial of hunger.
Changed body image.
Fixation with making food.
What is the recommended treatment?
Cognitive-behavioral therapy, also know as CBT
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How common is the disorder?
0.5 percent and 2-3 percent of women over
their lifetime. The most common age of
onset is between 12-25.
What are the diagnostic criteria?
Disturbance in the way in which one's body weight or shape is experienced, undue influence of body weight or shape on self-evaluation, or denial of the seriousness of the current low body weight.
Intense fear of gaining weight or becoming fat, even though underweight.
Restriction of energy intake relative to requirements leading to a significantly low body weight in the context of age, sex, developmental trajectory, and physical health.
What are five risk factors?
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missing meals, eating very little or avoiding eating any foods you see as fattening.
lying about what and when you've eaten, and avoiding eating with others.
wearing baggy clothes to hide your body shape and lying about how much you weigh.