At some point I'd love to read something about how overweight individuals can also be anorexic and stigma and stereotyping means individuals with the condition get very little sympathy and assistance https://amp.smh.com.au/lifestyle/life-and-relationships/why-its-so-hurtful-when-my-friends-complain-about-feeling-fat-20160209-gmpp3x.html?__twitter_impression=true …
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Replying to @Asher_Wolf
Technically I think the diagnosis of anorexia precludes being overweight, I think the clinical diagnosis would be avoidant/restrictive food intake disorder - should check with a clinical psych tho, this is half-remembered from my undergrad degree
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Replying to @GidMK
Nice. Exactly same clinical set of behaviours, similar nutritional deficiencies, excluded from treatment because "obese"
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Replying to @Asher_Wolf
Yeh the DSM is fraught with issues. That being said, I wouldn't be surprised if the treatment differed between someone with a BMI of 14 and 40, but again would have to talk to a clinical psych they'd be the expert
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Replying to @GidMK @Asher_Wolf
Kinda comes back to one of the big issues in clinical psychology - often disorders are classified according to what treats them effectively as much as anything else. So you create a new disorder for people with high BMI even though the presenting symptoms are almost identical
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Had a quick look at the work cited in the Huff piece as well, I suspect they've accidentally used the word 'anorexia' when they meant 'eating disorders' because that's what the researcher's work is on anyway and worth reading in its own rightpic.twitter.com/HsrhuoFl7j
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