Question

For several months, Reba has kept her weight 10 to 15 pounds below what would be considered normal for her age and height. She uses laxatives after her meals as a purging behavior. She has become concerned because she has recently stopped menstruating. According to the DSM-5, with which of the following feeding and eating disorders will Reba most likely be diagnosed?

Answer 1

Answer:

Nervous anorexia

Explanation:

According with the manual of diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders, the nervous anorexia is an eating disorder in which the weight of the person is below his or her normal weight according to his/her age and gender. This lost of weight could be due to avoid having calories from food or by using some chemical substances like laxatives that produces great evacuations and as a consequence a lost in weight.

Amenorrhea is another symptom, this is when a woman lost her menstruation and could be as long as 3 consecutive months.

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