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Weight stigma – Consequences of weight stigma

Weight stigma has negative consequences for emotional and physical health. Children who are overweight and obese may be especially vulnerable. Negative attitudes towards obese children develop as young as three years old, and throughout preschool, elementary school, and high school, obese children are attributed multiple negative characteristics by their peers including being mean, stupid, ugly, [...]

Food neophobia – Causes

While there is no known cause for food neophobia, there are some contributing psychological factors that can increase a child’s chances of developing food neophobia. One probable cause for food neophobia is when babies are not breast-fed by their mothers, but instead use alternative feeding methods, including powdered milk. This concept is also known as [...]

Louise Nippierd – Artistic Outlook

Jewellery has traditionally been marketed purely in an aesthetic and decorative function, but Louise Nippierd also gives her jewellery an inherent ambiguity as the carrier of a deeper message. Her projects have a socio-political dimension, touching on issues such as racism, homosexuality, animal rights and eating disorders. She attributes her concern with the marginalized groups [...]

Specific developmental disorder – DSM-IV-TR taxonomy

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The text revision of the fourth edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-IV-TR) categorizes specific developmental disorders as communication disorders, learning disorders, and motor skills disorders. They are all “Disorders Usually First Diagnosed in Infancy, Childhood, or Adolescence,” which also includes pervasive developmental disorders (i.e., the autism spectrum), attention-deficit and disruptive [...]

Night eating syndrome – Introduction

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Night eating syndrome, or NES, is an emerging eating disorder diagnosis, which primarily characterizes an ongoing, persistent pattern of late-night binge eating. NES was originally described by Dr Albert Stunkard in 1955 and is currently proposed for inclusion in the next edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders. The diagnosis is controversial; [...]

Olanzapine/fluoxetine – Indications

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Symbyax was approved by the FDA to treat the depressive episodes of bipolar I disorder in 2003. In 2009, it was granted approval for the treatment of treatment-resistant depression. Symbyax, or other antidepressant/antipsychotic combinations, are sometimes prescribed off-label for anxiety disorders, eating disorders, OCD, and PTSD. Adapted from the Wikipedia article Olanzapine/fluoxetine, under the G. [...]

Fatigue (medical) – Differential diagnosis

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The majority of people who have fatigue do not have an underlying cause discovered after a year with the condition. In those who do have a possible diagnosis musculoskeletal (19.4%) and psychological problems (16.5%) are the most common. Definitive physical conditions were only found in 8.2%. Fatigue is typically the result of working, mental stress, [...]

Eating Recovery – Introduction

Eating Disorders

Eating recovery refers to the full spectrum of care that acknowledges and treats the multiple etiologies of anorexia nervosa and bulimia, including the biological, psychological, social and emotional/spiritual causes of the disorder, through a comprehensive, integrated treatment regimen. When successful, this regimen restores the individual to a healthy weight and arms him or her with [...]

Psychoeducation – Introduction

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Psychoeducation refers to the education offered to people who live with a psychological disturbance. Frequently psychoeducational training involves patients with schizophrenia, clinical depression, anxiety disorders, psychotic illnesses, eating disorders, and personality disorders, as well as patient training courses in the context of the treatment of physical illnesses. Family members are also included. A goal is [...]

Body Attitudes Questionnaire – Introduction

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Body Attitudes Questionnaire (BAQ) is a 44 item self-report questionnaire divided into six subscales that measures a woman’s attitude towards their own body. The BAQ is used in the assessment of eating disorders. It was devised by D.I. Ben-Tovim and M.K. Walker in 1991. The six subscales measured by the BAQ are: # Overall fatness [...]









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