anorexia

• Anorexia: A disorder in which a person has a distorted view of their body weight and shape
• the genetic explanation of anorexia nervosa is that there is a genetic predisposition to anorexia in the gene variants of ITP3 and EPHX2 increase risk of developing anorexia
• The social learning theory explains how individuals develop eating disorders through observing others and internalizing cultural ideals about body image.
• symptoms of anorexia: eating very little, missing meals, believing you are fat when you are healthy weight or underweight, hairloss, stopping periods for women and dizziness.
• CBT-E - enhanced Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Eating Disorders
• CBT-E has three stages: psychoeducation, behavior change, cognitive restructuring
• biological treatment of anorexia: neurotransmitters SSRIs and olazapine (block dopamine and serotonin)
• drug treatment should not be primary treatment of anorexia.