Submitted by Crumbcake8 on April 22, 2009

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Eating Disorders/Rape

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There are two main types of eating disorders, “which is a psychological disorder characterized by disturbed patterns of eating and maladaptive ways of controlling body weight. (Nevid et al.) Anorexia nervosa “is an eating disorder characterized by maintenance of an abnormally low body weight, a distorted body image, intense fears of gaining weight, and in females, amenorrhea.” (Nevid et al.) Bulimia nervosa is “an eating disorder characterized by self-induced purging, accompanied by over- concern with body weight and shape.” (Nevid et al.) These two types of disorders are most like any other psychological disorders, but they are also...

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