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Adolescents Recover From Anorexia Nervosa

   

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HELPING ADOLESCENTS RECOVER FROM ANOREXIA NERVOSA 2IntroductionResearch Question: Helping Adolescents Recover from Anorexia NervosaThis paper will aim at examining how educators and parents can help adolescents recover from anorexia nervosa, which is one of the eating disorders, which is mostly experienced during adolescence.Importance and Relevance of Helping Adolescents Recover from Anorexia NervosaDisorders characterized by severe concern about body shape and weight as well as bad eating behaviors are referred to as eating disorders.Some of the eating conditions include bulimia nervosa, anorexia nervosa and binge-eating condition (Weiner, 2016). Most body changes are experienced during adolescence and some tend to be difficult for some adolescents. Occasionally, teenagers who are dissatisfied with their bodies turn to disordered eating habits. The chief cause of most of these eating disorders involves too much concentration on body shapeand weight. Studies indicate that there are several risk factors linked to eating diseases (Vögele, 2010). The existence of these eating disease-associated factors does not essentially foresee that a person will acquire an eating illness. On the other hand, if any risk factors associated with eating disorders portray themselves, the more likely it is that a person will get an eating disease. Some of these risk factors include family factors (genetics), age, gender, weight concerns, and dieting, as well as historical trauma like sexual abuse. These deeds significantly have an influence on the body’s capability to acquire proper nutrition. Anorexia nervosa is a mental and potentially fatal eating disease characterized by weight loss due to limited energy intake. Persons with anorexia normally restrict the number of calories they consume. Individuals with anorexia also display

HELPING ADOLESCENTS RECOVER FROM ANOREXIA NERVOSA 3physical complications, which might lead them to commit suicide. Studies indicate that out of thedeath cases reported 18% of them are as a result of Anorexia Nervosa (Attia, 2010). These mortality rates alone reveal the urgent need for preventive interventions to help curb these disorders in teenagers. Reviewed research shows that persons with eating illnesses are not referred for medical care and do not seek medical attention (Attia, 2010). With the knowledge of the harmful psychological and physiological effects and severe wellbeing concerns that are regularly accompanied by eating illnesses, prevention measures need to be employed.Studies conducted on eating-illness prevention interventions reveal that; the number of separate sessions used during implementation of an intervention differs greatly with some of the sessions that are conducted continuously (Guarda, 2008). The extent to which intervention implementation is done has a significant impact on the eating illness-related behaviors in question. Interventions employed over several numbers of sessions and those comprising continuous programs, tend to be more effective compared to one-time prevention programs. Despite teen-age being the most prone age to develop eating diseases, other ages can acquire it aswell. With therapeutic care such as therapy (psychotherapy, like individual, family or even educators), can be of great significance to persons diagnosed with eating disorders like AnorexiaNervosa, to enable them to go back to more healthier eating etiquettes (Mehler, 2010). Therapy is crucial in the treatment of Anorexia Nervosa as it allows a person in healing process speaks and recuperates from any distressing life incidents and acquires beneficial approaches and management skills for communicating, expressing emotions, as well as sustaining healthy relations. Therefore, therapy is vital during treatment of an individual with Anorexia Nervosa to aid in the recovery from distressing life incidents and learning of effective managing skills for sustaining healthy relations and expressing feelings.

HELPING ADOLESCENTS RECOVER FROM ANOREXIA NERVOSA 4Literature Review/intervention focusCombating the stigma associated with Anorexia Nervosa and creating awareness is crucial when approaching treatment and recovery of eating diseases, but having reliable resources to assist individuals diagnosed with Anorexia Nervosa in the early periods is the most vital. Anorexia Nervosa outcome is anticipated by age, illness, (BMI) body mass index, and disease duration. The recovery process from Anorexia Nervosa is shorter if the disease has not become persistent. An individual’s best opportunity to lasting recovery and wellbeing, both mentally and physically, is dependent upon early intervention as supported by Maudsley’ report on family therapy; a psychological intervention (Ulrike,2014). There is a great variability concerning the intervention methods used in helping teenagersrecover from Anorexia Nervosa. Though psychoeducation intervention method appears to be the most effective, several studies recommend traditional psychoeducational methods to eating disease prevention by employing more interactive practices amongst teenagers like experimental games as they tend to encourage supportive learning. Incorporating skill-based methods like those used in the behavioral management of eating illnesses (self-monitoring of eating habits related to weight, stress, and shape) is another way of promoting psychoeducational intervention strategies that could be of great significance in Anorexia Nervosa recovery in teenagers (Mehler, 2010). Concerns on potential adverse effects of psychoeducational strategy to eating illness prevention have been raised. A certain technique, “Information-giving technique” shows a potential to cause adverse effects like the regularization and glamorization of eating conditions and thus introduce youngsters to unsafe practices by giving information about risky weight control methods like starvation and laxative abuse. Offering information about eating conditions

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