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This is a 7 page paper that provides an overview of the DSM-IV. The main categories of disorders are explored. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
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is demonstrably false. The disorder has the potential to become deadly whenever it escalates to the point of causing permanent physical injury to the body, such as amenorrhea or muscular
wasting. Those suffering from anorexia tend to eat very little or forego food entirely, as a matter of neurosis. Bulimia Nervosa Similar to anorexia in that those who suffer from
bulimia also fear that they are becoming overweight, even when there is no reasonable sign of this, or when they are actually underweight. However, instead of foregoing food altogether, the
bulimic will engage in periods of intense binging and overeating, following by compensatory periods of purging (including activities such as forced vomiting of food prior to digestion or engaging in
excessive exercise) (APA, 2000). Eating disorder not otherwise specified This is essentially a category inclusive of those who evidently have some neurosis related to food and weight, but whom
do not meet the categorical standards of anorexia or bulimia. Substance Abuse Disorders Substance Dependence Substance dependence occurs when an individual still desires the consumption of a substance that
has obvious negative consequences for them, either because of a physical or psychological dependency upon that substance. For instance, an alcoholic may have full knowledge that the substance is disrupting
his or her life in some dramatic way (such as the loss of a job or a spouse), but still desire the substance because his or her body has become
chemically dependent upon it. Generally, the acquisition of the substance attains a place of primary importance in the patients life and cognition. Polysubstance dependence Polysubstance dependence is very similar to
substance dependence, but is made distinct by the fact that the patient is dependent upon more than one substance simultaneously. The two dependencies synergistically drive one another in a self-destructive
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