Anorexia

PART A
DESCIBE & OUTLINE THE PHSYICAL/PSHYOLOGICAL CHARACTERISTICS OF ANOREXIA
Anorexia Nervosa (AN) is an eating disorder where physical and psychological symptoms develop because of starvation and other methods of inducing weight-loss. According to the Diagnostic Statistical Manual IV DSM -IV (4) there are 4 CRITERIA for the DIAGNOSIS of this disorder.
WEIGHT - the individual has a body weight that is LESS than 85% of that expected for similar height, weight and sex.
ANXIETY - there is an intense fear of becoming fat in spite of be considerably underweight.
BODY IMAGE DISTOR…