disorder usually shown in the media in the form of a teenage girl whose bones show through her skin, pecking at herself and pushing her body into the mirror. This is the image that comes to most people's minds when they think of anorexia. However, this image only scratches the surface of a disorder as complex as anorexia. Anorexia can be understood by looking at different elements: its definition, its causes and prevalence, the resulting complications and its treatment. Anorexia is a serious disorder that involves compulsive dieting and excessive weight loss. According to the National Institute of Mental Health, anorexia is characterized by wasting, a relentless drive for thinness, and extremely disturbed eating behaviors (Parks, 2009). “Disturbed eating behaviors” associated with anorexia include unhealthy methods of weight loss and weight control, behaviors such as overindulgence or self-induced vomiting, and a distorted view of one's personal appearance (Shepphird, 2010). . Anorexics typically survive on 500 calories or less per day and count every calorie they consume (Parks, 2009). Symptoms often also include an inability or unwillingness to maintain a healthy weight and a great fear of gaining weight (Shepphird, 2010). A disorder very often linked to anorexia is bulimia nervosa, which is very similar but has a distinct difference. In Eating Disorders, Tedra Coakley defines anorexia as a "psychological illness characterized by distorted body image and an obsessive fear of gaining weight" and bulimia as "characterized by compulsive eating followed by deliberate purging, use of laxatives or excessive exercise in order to prevent weight gain” (Espejo, 2012, p. 36). With this in mind, it is clear that a person...... middle of paper ......g treatment, and feeling that they should leave because they arrived too early ( Greenfield, 2006). Another patient, Shelly, expressed concern that seeing her family would cause her to return to her old habits and that every time she returned home she would relapse (Greenfield, 2006) . A patient named Polly describes her difficulties adjusting to her body as it grows through the patient, particularly because she only came to the treatment with the intention of stopping vomiting – without taking any weight (Greenfield, 2006). Anorexia is a disorder that goes much further. deeper than the banal image conveyed by the media. Anorexia occurs most often in young adolescent girls, can be caused by biological, sociocultural and psychodevelopmental factors, causes considerable damage to the body and heart, and treatment is not often obtained and is long and difficult for the patient. when it is.

Essay / disorder usually shown in the media in the form of a teenage girl whose bones show through her skin, pecking at herself and pushing her body into the mirror. This is the image that comes to most people's minds when they think of anorexia. However, this image only scratches the surface of a disorder as complex as anorexia. Anorexia can be understood by looking at different elements: its definition, its causes and prevalence, the resulting complications and its treatment. Anorexia is a serious disorder that involves compulsive dieting and excessive weight loss. According to the National Institute of Mental Health, anorexia is characterized by wasting, a relentless drive for thinness, and extremely disturbed eating behaviors (Parks, 2009). “Disturbed eating behaviors” associated with anorexia include unhealthy methods of weight loss and weight control, behaviors such as overindulgence or self-induced vomiting, and a distorted view of one's personal appearance (Shepphird, 2010). . Anorexics typically survive on 500 calories or less per day and count every calorie they consume (Parks, 2009). Symptoms often also include an inability or unwillingness to maintain a healthy weight and a great fear of gaining weight (Shepphird, 2010). A disorder very often linked to anorexia is bulimia nervosa, which is very similar but has a distinct difference. In Eating Disorders, Tedra Coakley defines anorexia as a "psychological illness characterized by distorted body image and an obsessive fear of gaining weight" and bulimia as "characterized by compulsive eating followed by deliberate purging, use of laxatives or excessive exercise in order to prevent weight gain” (Espejo, 2012, p. 36). With this in mind, it is clear that a person...... middle of paper ......g treatment, and feeling that they should leave because they arrived too early ( Greenfield, 2006). Another patient, Shelly, expressed concern that seeing her family would cause her to return to her old habits and that every time she returned home she would relapse (Greenfield, 2006) . A patient named Polly describes her difficulties adjusting to her body as it grows through the patient, particularly because she only came to the treatment with the intention of stopping vomiting – without taking any weight (Greenfield, 2006). Anorexia is a disorder that goes much further. deeper than the banal image conveyed by the media. Anorexia occurs most often in young adolescent girls, can be caused by biological, sociocultural and psychodevelopmental factors, causes considerable damage to the body and heart, and treatment is not often obtained and is long and difficult for the patient. when it is.

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