Anorexia and Bulemia Nervosa The New Epidemic - 919 Words

There is a new epidemic threatening the health and even the lives of many adolescents. The importance attached to the physical appearance in our culture influence millions of people to feel dissatisfied with their image. The media is in some way is responsible, by constantly showing images about what constitutes being an attractive and successful person, especially women. Society is allowing the Media to promote stereotyping of a â€Å"perfect woman† with the impossible dimensions such as the Barbie doll; a very thin and tall woman. These dolls impact on self-image and eating disorders, influencing many girls, adolescents and young adults in how they feed themselves. Besides, it is known advertisers employed only anorexic models to portray that a perfect physical appearance entails an achievement. There have been cases, where some modistes specify that their clothes designs are just for slim people. The two most common eating disorders are Anorexia and Bulimia Nervosa. Anorexia Nervosa is an eating and psychological disorder. This condition goes beyond weight control; the patient starts a diet to lose weight until it becomes a symbol of power and control. Thus, the individual comes to the brink of starvation in order to feel control over their own body. This obsession is similar to an addiction to any drug or substance. According to the Doctors Lemberg and Cohn (1999), eating disorders contribute to the increase of mortality rate; â€Å"Aggregate annual mortality rates associatedShow MoreRelatedPsychological Disorders1952 Words   |  8 Pagesthe condition worse or give you a whole new disorder?! Yes, I’m thankful for the scientists and researchers that paved the way for psychologists like me but it would’ve been a whole different ride back then. I spoke today in my interview about the different disorders I am knowledgeable in but was asked to elaborate more on Schizophrenia and two other case studies. I am going to provide as muc h information as I can on the eating disorder Anorexia Nervosa and on the drug abuse case of Alcoholism