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Psychological Disorders — Psychology STD 12 Humanities — Question

CBSE BoardEnglish MediumSTD 12 HumanitiesPsychologyPsychological Disorders2 Marks
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What is anorexia nervosa?
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Anorexia Nervosa
  • Eating disorder generally prevalent among young people.
  • Individual has a distorted body image that leads him/her to see himself/herself as overweight, often refusing to eat, exercising compulsively and developing unusual habits such as refusing to eat in front of others, they may loose large amount of weight and may even starve to death.
  • Individual develops a notion that eating will lead to his/her becoming overweight and hence develops anorexia nervosa.

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