Eating disorder Guide, Meaning , Facts, Information and Description

Eating disorders are a group of mental disorders that interfere with normal food consumption. They may lead to serious health problems and, in the case of both bulimia nervosa and anorexia nervosa, even death. The major recognized eating disorders are anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa, and binge eating disorder. Other mental disorders, such as clinical depression, can also disturb eating patterns, but these disorders are not considered eating disorders. In these cases, the change in eating behaviour is not considered a central feature of the disorder.

An eating disorder is a serious psychological condition. The sufferer is obsessed with food, diet and often body image to the point where their quality of life suffers, and their health is at extreme risk from their long-term poor or inadequate diet. Most victims of an eating disorder do not recognise that they have a problem and they will refuse treatment and attempt to hide their abnormal behaviour from others. Treatment of eating disorders can take decades, so early identification may be the difference between life and death for the patient.

The two major types of eating disorder which will be the most familiar to many are anorexia nervosa and bulimia nervosa. Binge eating disorder is similar to bulimia. Large amounts of food are consumed at a sitting but retained in the stomach rather than being regurgitated. Some experts consider a complaint called orthorexia to be a valid eating disorder - the sufferer is overly obsessed with the consumption of what they see as the 'right' foods for them (vegan, raw foodss, paleolithic etc), to the point where their nutrition and quality of life suffers. Some people have food phobias about what they can and can't eat, which may also be a form of eating disorder. Another disorder which is somewhat qualitatively different from the foregoing is pica, or the habitual ingestion of inedibles, such as dirt, wood, hair, etc.

Table of contents

1 Bibliography 2 See also 3 External links

Bibliography

• Basow, Susan A., and Renae Schneck. (April, 1983). Eating disorders among college women. Paper presented at the annual convention of the Eastern Psychological Association, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. ED 243 049.
• Bauer, Barbara G. (March, 1983). Bulimia: A model for group therapy. Paper presented at the annual convention of the American Personnel and Guidance Association, Washington, D.C. ED 236 467.
• Doane, H. Mitzi. (1983). Famine at the feast: A therapist's guide to working with the eating disordered. Ann Arbor, MI: ERIC Clearinghouse on Counseling and Personnel Services. ED 239 191.
• Gordon, Donna P., Katherine A. Halmi, and Paula M. Ippolito. (August, 1983). Psychological evaluation of adolescent patients with anorexia nervosa and with conduct disorders. Paper presented at the annual convention of the American Psychological Association, Anaheim, CA. ED 243 050.
• Katzman, Melanie, and Lillie Weiss. (April, 1984). A multifaceted group treatment of bulimia. Paper presented at the annual convention of the Western Psychological Association, Los Angeles, CA. ED 246 382.
• Katzman, Melanie, and Sharlene Wolchik. (1984). "Bulimia and Binge Eating in College Women: A Comparison of Personality and Behavioral Characteristics." Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 52 , 423-428.
• Leclair, Norma J., and Belinda Berkowitz. (1983). "Counseling Concerns for the Individual with Bulimia." The Personnel and Guidance Journal, 61, 352-355.
• Odebunmi, Akin. (1983). Symptoms, causes and possible treatment of anorexia nervosa. Doylestown, PA: Delaware Valley Mental Health Foundation. ED 237 870.
• Yudkovitz, Elaine. (1983). "Bulimia: Growing Awareness of an Eating Disorder. Social Work, November/December 1983, 472-478.

See also

• GreySheeters Anonymous
• Overeaters Anonymous

External links

• Eating Disorders: Counseling Issues
• Eating Disorder FAQs
• Eating Disorders
• Less-well-known eating disorders

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