How Do We Treat Eating Disorder?

Authors

Jasmine Guanzon, Utah State UniversityFollow

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Description

Eating Disorder is a mental health disability that affects an individual’s physical and mental health. There are different types of eating disorder: anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa, binge-eating disorder, pica, rumination, orthorexia and etc. The earliest documentation of an eating disorder diagnosis occurred between 12th and 13th century, since then, the number of cases for this illness continues to grow (Deans, 2011). A common misconception about eating disorder is that only women suffer from this illness, however, there were documented cases of men suffering from this disorder since 1888 (Strother, 2012). There are multiple treatments offered in order to reduce and abolish people’s eating disorder.

Publication Date

12-6-2018

Keywords

eating disorder, mental health, mental illness

Disciplines

Sociology

Recommended Citation

Guanzon, Jasmine, "How Do We Treat Eating Disorder?" (2018). Fall Student Research Symposium 2018. 6.
https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/fsrs2018/6