Interpersonal Psychological Theory Of Suicide

There is a global health crisis affecting many people around the world. Eating Disorders is a mental health condition often misunderstood by people that do not have the condition. It can trigger vomiting, bingeing, depression, and health issues. Eating disorders are illnesses that cause serious disturbances to the everyday diet. They can affect men, women and children of all ages. This research paper will describe the different types of eating disorders, who may be affected by the eating disorders, what resources are available for those who have eating disorder illness, how to treat the illness, and why they are a global

Eating disorder is the abnormal eating behavior that would negatively impact one’s health, emotions and ability to function in important areas of life. Eating disorders include several categories: binge eating disorder, which means people eat large amount in a short period, anorexia nervosa which people eat very little, bulimia nervosa which people eat a lot and then try to rid themselves of food, pica which people eat non-food items, rumination disorder means people regurgitate food, avoidant food intake means that people have a lack of interest in food, and other specified eating disorders (ANAD). There is believed to be no single cause for eating disorders, as all the biological, psychological, and sociocultural factors contribute to this illness. Studies have shown that specific chromosomes may be associated with bulimia and anorexia (NY times). Eating disorders may also be caused by imbalance of serotonin and dopamine which explain why people who have anorexia

After watching Dying to be Thin, I have come to the conclusion that eating disorders are a complex systemic disease. I believe that eating disorders are systemic because there was not one person from Dying to be Thin who independently developed these disorders. For example, most of the people who had eating disorders developed them because of some social pressure. I put the systemic title on eating disorders because it would appear that they develop because of dysfunction in multiple systems of an individual’s life. However, I do not want to take the responsibility off the individual who has an eating disorder. I theorize that these individuals have poor coping mechanisms in life. Their coping mechanisms are so poor that they willingly put themselves in harm’s way in order to relieve their anxiety. There was one girl in the video who said the eating was the only thing in life she felt she could control. It comes to no surprise that she could relive her general anxiety by having some form of control in her life.

Eating disorders are diseases in which people have an unhealthy relationship with their food, and negative image reflecting how their body looks, such as, the fear of gaining weight. This type of body dysmorphia can lead to damaging eating habits, such as; starvation, purging, and even binging. Furthermore, there are numerous eating disorders recognized today, the most common being binge disorder, causing the affected person to eat far too much and experience pain, discomfort, and irritable bowel symptoms, bulimia which causes the affected person to purge their food through vomiting, and one of the most common eating disorders -- anorexia nervosa. (Eating Disorders, 2008) Many of these disorders can be treated in multiple ways, the most common way is through counselling with a social worker, the social worker helps develop a treatment plan for the client and aids them in their recovery.

Eating Disorders affect 5-10 million Americans, and thousands of people die each year from their complications. Although some groups are at a greater risk than others, eating disorders occur in people of all ages, races, and socioeconomic backgrounds. We do not know what causes eating disorders, but many factors have been identified that may play a role (Smolin and Mary Grosvenor, 40).

Behaviors of eating disorders have been around for centuries, but it has only been two hundred years since eating disorders have been named and considered a mental illness. Eating disorders can be a fatal illness that can affect a person's eating behaviors. Doctors have established over a dozen types of eating disorders, the two main types that patients are most often diagnosed with are anorexia nervosa and bulimia nervosa. According to the new statistics found that almost “ 50% of people in the world either know someone who is suffering from an eating disorder, or they are suffering from an eating disorder” (The Center Of Eating Disorders). When these people get

It has been found that eating disorders are most common in the western and industrialized culture where food is abundant. This is because these individuals attach a lot of importance to their physical appearance and are willing to do anything to get the dream figure. An eating disorder is not just watching what one eats and exercising on a daily basis but is rather an illness that causes serious disturbances in eating behaviour, such as great and harmful cutback of the consumption of food as well as feelings of serious anxiety about their body shape or mass. They would start to stop themselves to go out anywhere just so that they could work out and burn all of the calories of a meal or snack that they had scoffed earlier. Two of the most common eating disorders are anorexia nervosa and bulimia nervosa. The regular description of a patient with either disease would be a youthful white female, with an upper social standing in a predictably socially competitive environment.

The correlation between eating disorders and other psychological disorders is very important for our understanding of the causes and possible treatments for eating disorders. It is known that many people with eating disorders also fit the criteria for several DSM-IV psychological disorders. If researchers can find patterns of comorbidity between these two types of disorders they may be able to better diagnose and treat patients with both of these disorders. The question that I pose it what is the relationship between eating disorders and personality disorders(axis 11 disorders in DSM-IV)? It is important to look for comorbidity between the two disorders to determine the impact they have on each

Eating disorders, or “serious conditions related to persistent eating behaviors that negatively impact health, emotions and the ability to function in important areas of life” (The Mayo Clinic 1) affect over

A recent survey done through NEDA found that as many as 500,000 teens across America have had an eating disorder (“Factors” 1). People with eating disorders are at high risk for depression, suicide and substance abuse. Medical issues caused by these disorders can lead to sudden death (“Factors” 1).

Eating disorders are extremely dangerous psychological disorders that can lead to many other problems. Eating disorders and depression are also linked together, as depression can cause under eating, and eating disorders can lead to depression. (NIHM, Depression)Young adults and children are constantly under the blow of media, on social networking, reading magazines, or even just going shopping. In a research study of 600

In Why: The Neuroscience Of Suicide Carol Ezzell talks about her experience of losing her mother from suicide. She talks about the struggle and shock, the pain it caused her father and the rest of her family. She talks about her mother’s struggle with Bipolar disorder. That most people who commit suicide are sufferers of mental disorders and that along with this she brings up when she believes is the cause of suicide. Carol Ezzell believes it is a biological

While there are many theories of why people commit suicide, the theoretical framework I will attempt to use to shape this research is The Interpersonal Theory of Suicide. Joiner did mention that many theories were lacking a key component, but he did not totally dismiss these theories he added them to the Interpersonal Theory of Suicide. The Interpersonal Theory of suicide states “one could feel a perceived burdensomeness combined with failed belongingness constitutes to psychache” (Joiner, 2005, pg. 37). However, Joiner (2005) adds that psychache and social integration can produce suicide ideation, but alone is not enough to explain the difference of why some people live with the pain and others commit suicide. Joiner (2005) states the

Causes of eating disorders can include ego deficiencies, such as low self-control and low self-expectations, depression, and other biological factors such as lateral hypothalamus and ventromedial hypothalamus. There are other sociocultural causes, such as pressures from society

There are multiple ways to be guided to an eating disorder other than the media. “Eating behavior is a complex process controlled by the neuroendocrine system of which the Hypothalamus-pituitary-adrenal-axis (HPA axis) is a major component” (News Medical). Psychological research is very important to patients who have an eating disorder. Throughout the research in the paper, researchers have come to a conclusion that some of the qualities in the brain a person has a certain level