Question

Describe one of the disorders discussed in your text, and discuss the possible causes for this disorder.

Answer 1

DSM’s delineation of anorexia, bulimia, and binge-eating disorder give adequate coverage to the kinds of eating disorders to which men might be prone.

Typical eating disorders in men are:

anorexia, bulimia, and binge-eating disorder.

Diagnostic criteria for an eating disorder(s) that would encompass the sorts of eating problems to which men are prone:

• Recurrent episodes of binge eating.

• Over eating.

• Continuous eating until reached to uncomfortable conditions

• Over eating without any hunger sensation.

• eating alone due to embarrassment.

• feeling depressed and guilty after over eating.

Some of the cognitive, emotional, biological, and psychosocial factors behind men’s disordered eating are:

• Lower level of self-esteem
• Separation of parents
• BMI problems(high or low)
• Peer group pressure
• Psychological disorders
• Social group pressure