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In three pages this paper examines how eating disorders like anorexia and bulimia can be successfully treated by increasing self-esteem. Five sources are listed in the bibliography.
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include physical appearance, intelligence, sociability, competence (academic and employment), and sense of humor, among others (Bardone-Cone, Schaefer, Maldonado, Fitzsimmons, Harney, Lawson, Robinson, Aneeshtosh, & Smith, 2010). Self-esteem represents the
significant link between personality characteristics (such as perfectionism) and eating disorders (Mas, Avargues Navarro, Lopez Jitnetiez, Torres Perez, Del Rio Sanchez, & Perez San Gregorio, 2011, p. 223). Research
studies have discovered a correlation between low self-esteem and eating disorders, one of the most insidious and difficult to cure of all psychological disorders (Reasoner, 2010). The fourth edition
of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual (DSM-IV) defines eating disorders as "disturbances in eating behavior" (as cited in Erguner-Tekinalp & Gillespie, 2010, p. 68). There are two types of
eating disorder. Anorexia nervosa is when a person strives to be bone thin, or maintain a body weight that is less than minimally acceptable; bulimia nervosa involves alternating between
binge eating and starvation or eliminating food intake through vomiting, fasting, or extreme exercise (Erguner-Tekinalp & Gillespie, 2010). Eating disorders are more predominant in Western societies and in young
women between the ages of 14 and 24 (Vanderlinden, Buis, Pieters, & Probst, 2007, p. 357). Eating disorders are more resistant to therapy than other types of psychological disorders,
and require a lengthy recovery period often lasting several years (Vanderlinden et al., 2007). Researchers have determined that eating disorders are rooted in an individuals self-concept or sense of self.
An unhealthy self-concept can make a person vulnerable to developing some type of eating disorder. Maintaining a positive self-concept is crucial to alleviating an eating disorder; otherwise, relapses
are inevitable (Bardone-Cone et al, 2010). An eating disorder study at a womens health clinic in the Midwest examined three categories - women with active eating disorders, partially recovered,
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