Causes Symptoms Complications and Treatments for the eating disorder Anorexia Nervosa

Causes, Symptoms, Complications and Treatments for the eating disorder Anorexia Nervosa. Eating disorders are devastating behavioral maladies brought on by a complex interplay of factors, which may include emotional and personality disorder, family pressure, a possible genetic or biological susceptibility and a culture in which there is an over abundance of food and an obsession with thinness. Eating disorders are generally characterized as bulimia nervosa, anorexia nervosa and eating disorders not other wise specified. According …

…to gain weight. The patient may be admitted to a hospital, a few controlled diets, and given rewards for small weight gains and increase in food intake. The treatment usually includes some type of psychotherapy and/or a self-help group"(The World of Psychology Page 371). Since anorexia nervosa has no real treatment, the only real treatment for now could be eating healthy, exercising moderately and also doing constant medical checkups Bibliography The World of Psychology