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Two Forms Of Anorexia Nervosa

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“Anorexia Nervosa is the deadliest of all psychiatric disorders.” says Dr. Michelle Jorgensen. Jorgensen, M (2011, March 11). This is a disorder where the person is obsessed with the fear of becoming overweight and their appearance. Even though they are severely underweight they engage in self starving to try to prevent themselves from gaining weight. There are two forms of Anorexia Nervosa, the restricting type and purging/binging type. The restricting type is where the person reduces the amount of food they eat or they do not eating at all. The purging/binging type is where a person eats a large sum of food and after purges everything out by forcing themselves to vomit. With the purging type the person might also use laxatives or diuretics

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