Psy 270 Week 9 Final Project

According to National Institute of Mental Health "Treatment plans are tailored to each individual and may include one of the following: Psychotherapy, medical care and monitoring, nutritional counseling, and medications. Also some patients may need to be hospitalized if they a severely malnourished." Eating disorders are nothing to mess with and should be dealt with caution, care and compassion.

Eating disorders are extremely serious and often even fatal. They are tremendously trying on both the person with the disorder, and those who are close to them. I remember the time that my roommate and I were watching TV with a group of girls when one of the girls started commenting on how fat a certain actress had become, and how gross she looked. I saw the look on my roommate’s face when she heard this girl criticize this actress who still looked practically perfect. More than anything, the weight this actress had put on made her look healthier than she had before. I became quite concerned though when I noticed that my roommate ate nothing for the next three days, and the one meal she did eat I am certain she threw up soon after. My roommate, like many other girls, was trying to achieve an unattainable goal. Some girls will just never be so thin, and struggling to be is very dangerous.

Eating disorders have been a topic of controversy for numerous years. I myself have struggled with an eating disorder for three years, not only as an individual but as an athlete. Being a competitive cheerleader for fourteen years has opened my eyes to many different experiences and primarily developing an eating disorder. The last three years, I was apart of one of the most prestigious all-star cheerleading teams in the world. My team was known for winning numerous national championship titles and four world championship titles. My team was raised on a pedestal by other coaches, teams, athletes, and judges; therefore, my teammates and I were expected to reach a certain expectation. I am known as a flyer, the one who gets thrown in the air,

While I want to help active individuals and athletes excel in their prospective activities, I also plan to provide individuals recovering from eating disorders with the resources needed to have a successful recovery. Many people try to better their lives by improving their diets but their good intentions mixed with erroneous information found on the internet lead them towards binge – restriction pattered eating. I myself found myself believing I needed fewer and fewer calories to survive and almost killed myself in the process of getting

Back in 2005, Amy, at age 17, was diagnosed with Anorexia nervosa after dropping twenty-two pounds for a school dance. Amy had been under a great amount of stress with organizing their school ball, trying to find a partner, and getting a dress. She decided to drop weight before this special occasion. While at the ball, Amy received multiple compliments about her weight loss. This was a contributing factor to her Anorexia. Soon after, Amy’s family noticed she was still dropping weight. Amy was then given the opportunity to meet with an eating disorder therapist (Amy).

For this interview I looked at anorexia in one of my close friends. I chose to interview a friend of mine who we will call Jessica for the sake of this paper. Jessica is a 21 year old American woman who has been diagnosed with Anorexia since she was 16. Jessica is 5’6 and when she was diagnosed with her disorder she was 5’4 and weighed 90 pounds which for her height at the time was considered to be severely underweight. Jessica still struggles with many symptoms of this disorder; however, she has been able to gain weight and is considered to be on the lower end of the average scale. In addition, Jessica faces many of the symptoms that those with anorexia experience as described by Comer in Abnormal Psychology. The main symptom that Jessica deals with as a result of anorexia is a form of anorexia called restricting-type anorexia nervosa where Jessica restricts her food

Watching your child struggle with an eating disorder is frustrating and can make you feel helpless. Remember that you're not. People with eating disorders need ongoing love and support, even when they aren't in a place where they can readily accept it. Let your child know that you will never give up on them and then take the following steps to assist them on their journey in meaningful ways.

Anorexia has been described in many ways, ranging from a fatal mental disorder to simply a Western trend. However, only from experience can one fully understand the dangerous situation resulting from this diagnosis. In the winter of 2015, after the conclusion of the cross country season, I began to struggle severely with my weight and overall body image. I began to enforce dangerously low calorie limits on myself; my total caloric consumption would stay below 500 calories each day. Furthermore, I began to run for winter conditioning in preparation for the upcoming track season, thus continuing to lower my overall energy. My personal battle with anorexia continued until the beginning of track season, but even from a period as short as four months, the damage caused to my overall mental and physical health was immense.

I have two very close friends who have severe eating disorders. Both of my friends have been hospitalized and placed in recovery several times. I’ve observed them at their worst. I’ve seen how they compare themselves to the people on tv and in magazines. I know how it takes control over a person’s life and almost eats them whole. Fortunately my friends are fighting and making great steps towards recovery, but they still have an eating disorder that owns them. They have good and bad days some days they are strong and eat their whole meals some days I have watched them running to the bathroom to try to get rid of what they see as unnecessary food. They idolize untruly “perfect” skinny women on television, they see photoshopped models, go through any means necessary to obtain these features and mentally they don’t understand what they are doing to themselves.

Before treatment can begin, anorexic clients must undergo assessments that ensure they are physically capable of outpatient treatment. If these individuals are not ready for outpatient treatment, they must undergo hospitalization to stabilize their condition. For those clients who pass medical examinations, and are good candidates for outpatient care, it remains necessary for a physician and dietitian to be involved with treatment (Bowers, 2002). This ensures the client is cared for in a holistic manner by addressing “nutritional rehabilitation, possibly medical stabilization, and psychological interventions” (Bowers, 2002, p. 249). This multidimensional approach ensures the client’s physical wellbeing is addressed, in

There are several possible solutions. Medical staff could take dietary choices away from the patient and control their diet in order to help them recover from their eating disorder. Another option is for medical staff to counsel the patient on dietary decisions but allow the patient to remain in control of their choices. Yet another option may be a compromise between the two, to control the diet of the patient while still allowing them to make decisions.

Athletes are often determined, competitive people, with perfectionist personalities (Manore et al., 2007). For athletes with classic symptoms of clinical eating disorders, it is paramount to involve appropriate mental healthcare professionals in their care and management. Patients are recommended to work with a dietician who can monitor their nutritional status and guide them to work towards a healthy weight goal (Laframboise et al., 2013). Sports psychologists should also have athletes suffering from disordered eating consent to an agreement that outlines their responsibilities and goals of treatment, including consequences, such as exclusion from training and competition, if certain parameters are not abided by (Siatras & Mameletzi, 2014). This way, there is likelihood that the athletes will voluntarily comply with the rules of the agreement, benefitting them in both their sporting achievements and their recovery from the Female Athlete

Imagine a disease eating its innocent victim alive, some of them being noticed and others not at all. The mental thoughts going on are making the body suffer and continuing to get worse and worse. The sufferer is mentally breaking down more and more each day. This diseases known as an eating disorder affects about 30 million individuals in the United States alone (Eating Disorders 101 Guide, 2003). This number is alarming and needs to be tremendously decreased. Athletes are the most dominant group that eating disorders prey upon, but the question is why. In most sports, athletes are required to be in perfect shape in order to produce excellence. Coaches will push the athletes as hard as they can, many times causing the sportsperson to break

Despite the many challenges I faced while in this position, it was nowhere near as challenging as working with a young adult with an eating disorder. After reading the articles and watching the video, I would consider her anorexic binge/purge type. For a while I thought she was bulimic, however this week’s readings has taught me that she would not have been considered to have bulimia due to her constantly wanting to work out, lose more weight, purge using laxatives. She was extremely underweight and was not having her period for most of time I was working with her.

Objective: To describe eating patterns, eating behaviors, to highlight some of the problem people face when dealing with an illness or a disorder, adult struggle more from eating disorder. Some reason why it is more difficult is because of work, taking care of their house whole and family; this illness is a relentless pursuit of thinness, a misrepresentation of body image and intense fear of gaining weight, and extremely disturbed eating behavior. Many people with anorexia see themselves as overweight, even when they are starved or are clearly malnourished. Eating food and weight control