Learning Objectives
When you have completed this chapter, you should be able to:
- Describe the characteristics and main diagnostic criteria of the three main eating disorders.
- Describe the historical, cultural and demographic distribution of eating disorders, and describe why this information is important in understanding eating disorders.
- Describe a range of risk factors for eating disorders, covering risk factors at different levels of explanation (such as genetic, developmental, cultural, and psychological).
- Describe, compare and contrast at least two therapies commonly used in the treatment of eating disorders.
- Describe the kinds of presenting symptoms that are associated with Anorexia Nervosa (AN) and Bulimia Nervosa (BN).