PYC4802 Assignment 03 – Unique Number: 730834 Student Number: 60861274
STUDENT: Toni Megan Pelser
STUDENT NUMBER: 60861274
MODULE: Psychopathology
MODULE CODE: PYC4802
ASSIGNMENT: 03
UNIQUE NUMBER: 730834
DUE DATE: 19 June 2017
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,PYC4802 Assignment 03 – Unique Number: 730834 Student Number: 60861274
PLAGIARISM DECLARATION
1. I know that plagiarism is wrong. Plagiarism is using another’s work and
pretending that it is one’s own work.
2. I have used the American Psychological Association (APA) as the
convention for citation and referencing. Each significant contribution to,
and quotation in, this assignment from the work, or works of other
people has been attributed and has been cited and referenced.
3. This assignment is my own work.
4. I have not allowed, and will not allow, anyone to copy my work with the
intention of passing it off as his or her own work.
5. I acknowledge that copying someone else’s assignment, or part of it, is
wrong, and declare that this assignment is my own work.
SIGNATURE:
DATE: 22 April 2017
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, PYC4802 Assignment 03 – Unique Number: 730834 Student Number: 60861274
Table of Contents
Part A: Provide and differentiate the diagnostic criteria and hallmark features
of Anorexia Nervosa, Bulimia Nervosa and Binge-eating disorder ................... 4
1. Introduction ........................................................................................................ 4
2. Definitions……………………………………………………………………………...4
2.1 Anorexia Nervosa…………………………………………………………………4
2.2 Bulimia Nervosa…………………………………………………………………..5
2.3 Binge-Eating Disorder……………………………………………………………5
3. Diagnostic Criteria ............................................................................................. 5
3.1 Anorexia Nervosa…………………………………………………………………5
3.2 Bulimia Nervosa…………………………………………………………………..6
3.3 Binge-Eating Disorder……………………………………………………………6
4. Differentiating Between Disorders........…...…...…......…..............…...................6
5. Conclusion……………………………………………………………………………..7
Part B: Critically discuss how South African black females are no longer
perceived to be “immune” from eating disorders………………………………..11
1. Introduction…………………………………………………………………………...11
2. Definition of Eating Disorders………………………………………………………11
3. History of Eating Disorders in the Black Population……………………………..12
4. Risk Factors for the Development of Eating Disorders………………………….13
5. Previous Research…………………………………………………………………..14
6. Conclusion…………………………………………………………………………....16
7. References…………………………………………………………………………...17
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STUDENT: Toni Megan Pelser
STUDENT NUMBER: 60861274
MODULE: Psychopathology
MODULE CODE: PYC4802
ASSIGNMENT: 03
UNIQUE NUMBER: 730834
DUE DATE: 19 June 2017
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,PYC4802 Assignment 03 – Unique Number: 730834 Student Number: 60861274
PLAGIARISM DECLARATION
1. I know that plagiarism is wrong. Plagiarism is using another’s work and
pretending that it is one’s own work.
2. I have used the American Psychological Association (APA) as the
convention for citation and referencing. Each significant contribution to,
and quotation in, this assignment from the work, or works of other
people has been attributed and has been cited and referenced.
3. This assignment is my own work.
4. I have not allowed, and will not allow, anyone to copy my work with the
intention of passing it off as his or her own work.
5. I acknowledge that copying someone else’s assignment, or part of it, is
wrong, and declare that this assignment is my own work.
SIGNATURE:
DATE: 22 April 2017
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, PYC4802 Assignment 03 – Unique Number: 730834 Student Number: 60861274
Table of Contents
Part A: Provide and differentiate the diagnostic criteria and hallmark features
of Anorexia Nervosa, Bulimia Nervosa and Binge-eating disorder ................... 4
1. Introduction ........................................................................................................ 4
2. Definitions……………………………………………………………………………...4
2.1 Anorexia Nervosa…………………………………………………………………4
2.2 Bulimia Nervosa…………………………………………………………………..5
2.3 Binge-Eating Disorder……………………………………………………………5
3. Diagnostic Criteria ............................................................................................. 5
3.1 Anorexia Nervosa…………………………………………………………………5
3.2 Bulimia Nervosa…………………………………………………………………..6
3.3 Binge-Eating Disorder……………………………………………………………6
4. Differentiating Between Disorders........…...…...…......…..............…...................6
5. Conclusion……………………………………………………………………………..7
Part B: Critically discuss how South African black females are no longer
perceived to be “immune” from eating disorders………………………………..11
1. Introduction…………………………………………………………………………...11
2. Definition of Eating Disorders………………………………………………………11
3. History of Eating Disorders in the Black Population……………………………..12
4. Risk Factors for the Development of Eating Disorders………………………….13
5. Previous Research…………………………………………………………………..14
6. Conclusion…………………………………………………………………………....16
7. References…………………………………………………………………………...17
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