Neuroscience
To support our students in BSIC 105 the Department has developed a series 5-10-minute supplemental videos exploring some of the topics you learn in BSCI 105 and how they are related to familiar (and interesting) psychological phenomena.
In this module, we explore how Anorexia Nervosa impacts the body. The limited food intake affects the body’s ability to get energy and may cause a condition known as edema.
Watch Anorexia Nervosa, Metabolism, & Osmosis
Download the script
See quiz questions and answers
Textbook Chapters* to Refer to:
Ch. 7: Membrane Structure and Function
Ch. 8: Introduction to Metabolism
Sources:
*Reece, J.B., Urry, LA., Cain, M.L., Wasserman, S.A., Minorsky, P.V., Jackson, R.B. (2011). Campbell Biology (9th ed.). San Francisco, CA: Pearson Benjamin Cummings.
Goodenough, J.G., Wallace, R.A., McGuire B. (1998). Human Biology. Barrosse, E. (Ed.). Orlando, FL: Saunders College Publishing.
Nolen-Hoeksema, S. (2007). Abnormal Psychology (4th ed.). New York, NY: McGraw-Hill.
Derman, O., Kilic, E.Z (2009). Edema can be a handicap in treatment of anorexia nervosa. Turkish Journal of Pediatrics, 51(6), 593-7.
Statistics Sources and Additional Resources:
• National Association of Anorexia Nervosa and Associated Disorders (http://www.anad.org/)
• National Eating Disorders – Statistics (http://www.nationaleatingdisorders.org/general-statistics)
• NIMH: National Institute of Mental Health – Eating Disorders Among Children (http://www.nimh.nih.gov/statistics/1eat_child.shtml)
• Eating Disorders Review (http://eatingdisordersreview.com/)
• American Journal of Psychiatry, Vol. 152 (7), July 1995, p. 1073-1074, Sullivan, Patrick F. (I can only find the abstract of this article online: http://ajp.psychiatryonline.org/article.aspx?articleID=171119)
• J. Kask, L. Ekselius, L. Brandt, A. Ekbom, F.C. Papadopoulos, 2138 – Psychiatric comorbidity and mortality in women with anorexia nervosa, European Psychiatry, Volume 28, Supplement 1, 2013, Page 1 (http://www.sciencedirect.com.proxy-um.researchport.umd.edu/science/article/pii/S0924933813770238)
- Recovering Patients Describe Their Battles With An "anorexia Voice"
People with anorexia find comfort in their illness at first, but then it becomes over-powering and they end up battling for control of their own minds. That's according to Sarah Williams and Marie Reid, who conducted an online focus group and email...
- How A Dentist Visit Can Trigger Anorexia
Dental treatment can, in rare cases, trigger anorexia nervosa in those susceptible to the illness, a psychiatrist has claimed. Tony Jaffa, of the Phoenix Adolescent Eating Disorders Centre in Cambridge, reports that out of approximately 100 case referrals...
- The Insulta And Anorexia
graphic adapted from the New York Times Neurophilosophy points to a silly typo in a serious press release about a neuroimaging study in women who have recovered from anorexia nervosa: Sense of taste different in women with anorexia nervosa Imaging study...
- Biology (bsci 105) Resources For Psyc Majors
As a Psychology major, you are required to take BSCI 105: Principles of Biology as your science gateway requirement. Why, you ask? Simple... The fundamental concepts taught in BSCI 105 are key building blocks to a better understanding...
- Bsci 105 For Psyc Majors - Sensations, Perceptions & Membrane Potentials
To support our students in BSIC 105 the Department has developed a series 5-10-minute supplemental videos exploring some of the topics you learn in BSCI 105 and how they are related to familiar (and interesting) psychological phenomena. In this module,...
Neuroscience
BSCI 105 for PSYC Majors - Anorexia Nervosa, Metabolism, & Osmosis
To support our students in BSIC 105 the Department has developed a series 5-10-minute supplemental videos exploring some of the topics you learn in BSCI 105 and how they are related to familiar (and interesting) psychological phenomena.In this module, we explore how Anorexia Nervosa impacts the body. The limited food intake affects the body’s ability to get energy and may cause a condition known as edema.
Watch Anorexia Nervosa, Metabolism, & Osmosis
Download the script
See quiz questions and answers
Textbook Chapters* to Refer to:
Ch. 7: Membrane Structure and Function
Ch. 8: Introduction to Metabolism
Sources:
*Reece, J.B., Urry, LA., Cain, M.L., Wasserman, S.A., Minorsky, P.V., Jackson, R.B. (2011). Campbell Biology (9th ed.). San Francisco, CA: Pearson Benjamin Cummings.
Goodenough, J.G., Wallace, R.A., McGuire B. (1998). Human Biology. Barrosse, E. (Ed.). Orlando, FL: Saunders College Publishing.
Nolen-Hoeksema, S. (2007). Abnormal Psychology (4th ed.). New York, NY: McGraw-Hill.
Derman, O., Kilic, E.Z (2009). Edema can be a handicap in treatment of anorexia nervosa. Turkish Journal of Pediatrics, 51(6), 593-7.
Statistics Sources and Additional Resources:
• National Association of Anorexia Nervosa and Associated Disorders (http://www.anad.org/)
• National Eating Disorders – Statistics (http://www.nationaleatingdisorders.org/general-statistics)
• NIMH: National Institute of Mental Health – Eating Disorders Among Children (http://www.nimh.nih.gov/statistics/1eat_child.shtml)
• Eating Disorders Review (http://eatingdisordersreview.com/)
• American Journal of Psychiatry, Vol. 152 (7), July 1995, p. 1073-1074, Sullivan, Patrick F. (I can only find the abstract of this article online: http://ajp.psychiatryonline.org/article.aspx?articleID=171119)
• J. Kask, L. Ekselius, L. Brandt, A. Ekbom, F.C. Papadopoulos, 2138 – Psychiatric comorbidity and mortality in women with anorexia nervosa, European Psychiatry, Volume 28, Supplement 1, 2013, Page 1 (http://www.sciencedirect.com.proxy-um.researchport.umd.edu/science/article/pii/S0924933813770238)
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- Recovering Patients Describe Their Battles With An "anorexia Voice"
People with anorexia find comfort in their illness at first, but then it becomes over-powering and they end up battling for control of their own minds. That's according to Sarah Williams and Marie Reid, who conducted an online focus group and email...
- How A Dentist Visit Can Trigger Anorexia
Dental treatment can, in rare cases, trigger anorexia nervosa in those susceptible to the illness, a psychiatrist has claimed. Tony Jaffa, of the Phoenix Adolescent Eating Disorders Centre in Cambridge, reports that out of approximately 100 case referrals...
- The Insulta And Anorexia
graphic adapted from the New York Times Neurophilosophy points to a silly typo in a serious press release about a neuroimaging study in women who have recovered from anorexia nervosa: Sense of taste different in women with anorexia nervosa Imaging study...
- Biology (bsci 105) Resources For Psyc Majors
As a Psychology major, you are required to take BSCI 105: Principles of Biology as your science gateway requirement. Why, you ask? Simple... The fundamental concepts taught in BSCI 105 are key building blocks to a better understanding...
- Bsci 105 For Psyc Majors - Sensations, Perceptions & Membrane Potentials
To support our students in BSIC 105 the Department has developed a series 5-10-minute supplemental videos exploring some of the topics you learn in BSCI 105 and how they are related to familiar (and interesting) psychological phenomena. In this module,...