Anorexia

Question 1

Where is it most common?

Answer 1

girls late teens, early 20s

Question 2

Does it have the highest mortality rate?

Answer 2

Yes

Question 3

Is it Biological or Psychological?

Answer 3

Both

Question 4

Can you be sectioned with Anorexia?

Answer 4

Yes

Question 5

What percentage of Anorexia patients are men?

Answer 5

100%

Question 6

(Bio Exp) It has been suggested that Anorexia could be caused by a:

Answer 6

Malfunctioning Hypothalamus (plays a part in the regulation of eating) (Kaye et al, 1988)

Question 7

Animal experiments have shown that with a damaged hypothalamus?

Answer 7

Animals will either over-ea or starve themselves

Question 8

What part of the hypothalamus depresses hunger?

Answer 8

Ventromedial Hypothalamus

Question 9

Evaluation points (2)?

Answer 9

• An causes changes in brain structure or brain structure that causes An
• Information from animals isn’t very helpful, cannot be generalised (they are different)

Question 10

Women with Anorexia had what activity in their basal ganglia

Answer 10

Overactivity

Question 11

Holland et al found what

Answer 11

That in MZ twins 56% share Anorexia.He concluded that there was a firm genetic link.