Example Of Case Study On Eating Disorders

Anorexia nervosa a self-starvation syndrome that involves significant weight loss of about 15 percent or more of ideal body weight. Overprotective, unresponsive family members also contribute to anorexia. People with anorexia are likely to be overachievers and perfectionists. They concentrate more on pleasing others but inside they have inadequate, worthless, and helpless feelings. Through their harsh critical view, if they are imperfect, they are a failure. Family and social pressure that contribute to anorexia include participating in events that demand thinness such as modeling, dance, and aerobics. Moreover, having excessively controlling parents, who stress on looks, censure the appearance of their children’s bodies and diet themselves. Events such as a divide and beginning of puberty can also cause anorexia (Kearney, 2013). Bulimia nervosa affects patients with average or higher weight. Critical parents, non-nurturing and emotionally unresponsive family members also contribute to bulimia. Concerns about weight and body representation as well as low self-worth play primary tasks in causing bulimia. People with bulimia usually have trouble managing emotions in a healthy way (Mash & Wolfe, 2013).
Eating disorders have affected mainly western societies and especially white women due to social pressure caused by the standards of female beauty imposed by modern industrial society. Cultural attitudes and beliefs should change for less anorexia and bulimia. A culture of thinness should be discouraged to prevent eating disorders, (Kearney, 2013).
Eating disorders affect women more because most of them tend to be perfectionistic, sensitive to criticism, self-doubting as well as eager to please others. Majority of them often experience difficulties adapting to change and are future oriented (Kearney, 2013).
Yes, my eating disorder is related to my emotional state, for instance, the intense fear of gaining weight forces me to limit my diet. Having the capability to cope with the stress of gaining weight by planning activities to keep myself busy helps me in controlling myself.
Set a realistic weight loss goal, which is to avoid gaining more weight and staying at the current weight; plan programs that assist you to change your lifestyle by determining what provokes you to eat in terms of figuring out what foods to eat, where and when to eat. Change your eating habits by eating only in the dining room, restrict the number of utensils used for eating such only the fork, drink sip of water between each bite, chew food several times, and get up and stop eating every few minutes. Eat whole grains, vegetable, fruits, nuts, and yogurt. Reward yourself for good eating behaviors in order to develop better habits. Purchase package foods and eat low-fat foods.
Yes, I would say that the person is healthy because he/she is eating well. I would want to avoid assuming that the individual is obese.
Andrea's boyfriend urged her to lose weight. Involving the friend in the treatment therapy would not be a good idea because he contributed to Andrea's eating disorders.
The danger of placing someone treated for anorexia back to the family is the likelihood of relapse. The family must be made to understand the risk of the disorder and acknowledge their collaboration in the patient's illness to avoid relapse,
I would discourage the person from holding guilt and anxiety feelings and encourage the person to attend intervention therapy.

References

Learning. Diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders: DSM-5. (5th ed.). (2013). Washington, D.C.: American Psychiatric Association
Kearney, C. (2013). Casebook in child behavior disorders (5th ed.). Belmont, CA: Wadsworth Cengage Learning.
Mash, E., & Wolfe, D. (2013). Abnormal child psychology (5th ed.). Belmont, CA: Wadsworth Cengage.