Key Question Clinical + learning

• What is the learning theories + Clinical Key question ?

  Can the media be attributed to the development of anorexia nervosa?
• Learning theories and clinical key question AO1

  • AN is a growing issue in western countries where the media is prominent in advertising the current beauty standard
  • Anorexia is on the rise in both males and females (1-4%) as more people have access to media which provides images around the perfect body to emulate
  • Anorexia nervosa is 12-15 times more common in women than in men
  • Total cost to NHS for eating disorders is 1 to 26 billion annually with less than 50% of AN patients fully recovering