Class 10 - Adolescence: Eating Disorders Flashcards
true or false: Eating disorders are among the most significant mental health problems during adolescence
true
What is bulimia?
- An eating disorder characterized by binge eating and purging
What is anorexia nervosa? (2)
- self-starvation
- Extremely distorted perception of self
What are the risk factors to eating disorders? (3)
- Discrepancy between internal image of desirable body and perception of self’s body
- Emphasis on thinness as a characteristic of attractive women
- general tendency toward distorted thinking
True or false: 25% of young women and 12% of young men aged 16-19 experienced at least one major depression episode
true
What are factors that contribute to depression? (3)
- Self-esteem drops in early adolescence and depression rises
- Time spent on social media has been linked to depression and suicidal behaviour, especially
for female iGen adolescents - Can hinder academic achievement because it interferes with cognitive function
What is the leading cause of death for Canadians aged 15-19?
suicide
True or false: Completed suicide is about 3 times higher for adolescent boys than girls in Canada
true (bc of method)
True or false:
Suicide attempts are estimated to be 3 times more common among girls than boys
Why do girls have a higher suicide attempt percentage than boys, but boys have a greater completed suicide attempt percentage?
the methods that girls use are less likely to succeed, such as self-poisoning
What are contributing factors to suicide? (6)
- depression
- Personality disorders
- behavioural problems
- family hx of psychiatric disorder or suicide, or a pattern of drug or alcohol abuse
- some triggering stressful event
- an altered mental state
What 3 factors must be present in order for a suicide to occur?
- Some triggering stressful event
- an altered mental state
- an opportunity
