Biological Explanations of AN

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Who suggested that pregnant women with AN give their child a double disadvantage of genetic vulnerability and lack of nutrients
Bulik et al.
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What study found a link between perinatal complications such as placental infarction and developing AN?
Favaro et al.
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What experiment found a link between premature birth and developing AN?
Lindberg and Hjem
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What study found overactivity in dopamine receptors in the basal ganglia ?
Kaye et al.
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What study found highest levels of serotonin in those AN sufferers with the most anxiety?
Bailer
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Who suggested that girls will repress sexual maturation in unfavourable conditions by using extreme weight loss to do so?
Surbey
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Issue of neural explanations
Reductionistic, more holistic model: Diathesis stress model
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2 Issue of sexual maturation repression theory
Gender bias, cannot be applied to men, causing difficulty in treating men AND isn't evolutionary as it doesn't aid survival, AN causes death, 20% of sufferers die from it
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Issue of Bulik et al
No causal relationship can be established
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