Anorexia nervosa

Swedish Ad concerning Anorexia. This picture is taken from a Swedish ad concerning Anorexia. This ad was diffused in 2007. It shows us a girl with eating disorders. We can imagine this is an awareness campaign for all the diseases concerning food troubles. This ad shocked many persons because we understand how dangerous is this disease because it can touch very young teenagers. This picture takes place in a teenager's room. A young girl is staring at her reflection in a huge mirror. This

DEFINITION One of the eating disorder is anorexia nervosa, commonly referred to simply as anorexia, characterized by: * self-imposed starvation * refusal to maintain a healthy body weight, * an obsessive fear of gaining weight, even when they are underweight * a distorted self image. It is a serious mental illness with the highest mortality rate of any psychiatric disorder: by some estimates, it leads to death in 10% of cases. It can cause severe complications in every major

d’un groupe de travail [*] Diagnostic et traitement des troubles des conduites alimentaires des adolescents : anorexie mentale et boulimie nerveuse Diagnosis and treatment of disturbances in eating behaviour among adolescents : anorexia nervosa and boulimia nervosa Michel ARTHUIS et Didier-Jacques DUCHÉ RÉSUMÉ L’anorexie mentale et la boulimie nerveuse de l’adolescent représentent des troubles graves des conduites alimentaires mais elles sont curables. Le médecin responsable intervient

AVALIAÇÃO DA EFICÁCIA DA TERAPIA COGNITIVOCOMPORTAMENTAL NA ANOREXIA NERVOSA - Trabalho final Pós-Graduação em Psicoterapia Cognitivo-Comportamental AUTOR – Flávio de Jesus Grilo Dias RESUMO A anorexia nervosa é uma perturbação do comportamento alimentar com a maior taxa de mortalidade de todos os transtornos psiquiátricos. É caracterizada pela recusa em manter um peso corporal normal mínimo, pela distorção da imagem corporal e por um medo obsessivo de ganhar peso. Os comportamentos patológicos

THE ANOREXIA I decided to present you the subject of the anorexia. It is the disease which is translated by a refusal to feed, and which can have grave consequences. It touches between 2 and 10% (percent) of the women, in particular between 12 and 15 years and 18 and 23 years. This disease is exceptional among the men, these last ones representing only 10% of the referenced cases. Through this account, we are going to try to understand how this disease starts, then what it provokes, and finally

fasting. The background to Giovanni Brugnoli’s description of two cases of anorexia nervosa in 1875 », History of Psychiatry, 3, 1992, 431-455 ; T. Habermas, « The role of psychiatric and medical traditions in the discovery and description of anorexia nervosa in France, Germany and Italy », Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease, 179, 1991, 360-365 ; T. Habermas, « The psychiatric history of anorexia nervosa and bulimia nervosa : weight-concerns and bulimic symptoms in early case-descriptions », International

problem. Anorexia is one of mental illnesses that we may have observed in feeding behaviour. Anorexia mainly concerned young girls aged from 12 to 20 years (boys are much less affected). This disease is very serious because 10% of sick people die, that’s why it’s important to study the causes, symptoms, and effects on the body and treatment options. I. Definition and pathology Anorexia nervosa is characterized by the active refusal to eat, motivated by an obsession being thinner. Anorexia is

Définition: Le terme latin anorexia nervosa signifie: «manque d’appétit d’origine nerveuse». L’anorexie est une maladie physique qui intervient souvent au moment de la puberté c’est-à-dire lorsque le corps de l’adolescent se transforme. Les jeunes filles de 12 à 20 ans sont les plus souvent touchées. Par contre il existe très peu de garçons anorexiques. On compte à peu près 10% des garçons pour 90% des filles. L‘anorexie est souvent due à la dépression. C’est aussi combiné par une anorexie

nous fait part, dans son livre Anorexia nervosa and recovery a hunger for meaning, de plusieurs études de cas qui révèlent l’importance de l’influence qu’à une mère sur sa fille. For many women I talked with, the preoccupation with dieting and thinness seems to be somewhat of a tradition, carried down through the generations. ‘’ My mother was a ballet dancer, so she had to be thin, of course, ‘’ said Helena. ‘’ And also my grandmother, she behaves as if she has anorexia. So I perceived the message

porter. Le port n’est pas obligatoirement permanent mais, limité aux moments de présence du mari et des fils ou de rencontres importantes. Source : toiquivientdethiopie.com Page 2 * L’anorexie L’ancien nom savant « Anorexia nervosa » signifie «  manque d’appétit d’origine nerveuse » et constitue un trouble sévères du comportement alimentaire qui se manifeste par une perturbation de l’estimation de son poids, sa taille ou ses formes amenant à un refus de maintenir son poids