Barriers to Evaluating Psychological Factors Related to Food and Weight Concerns Reported by US Registered Dietitians

2021 ◽  
Vol 121 (9) ◽  
pp. A18
Author(s):  
D. Burnett ◽  
R. Evans
Keyword(s):  
Psychological Factors ◽  
Weight Concerns ◽  
Registered Dietitians

Eating and Weight Concerns in Eating Disorders

2010 ◽  
pp. 205-222
Author(s):  
Alison E. Field ◽  
Nicole Kitos
Keyword(s):  
Risk Factors ◽  
Eating Disorders ◽  
Disordered Eating ◽  
Psychological Factors ◽  
Eating Behaviors ◽  
Body Image Dissatisfaction ◽  
Weight Concerns ◽  
Disordered Eating Behaviors ◽  
Weight And Shape Concerns ◽  
Over Time

Weight and shape concerns are one of the hallmark symptoms of anorexia nervosa and bulimia nervosa, but the development of these concerns, their stability over time, and the mechanisms by which they promote the development of body image dissatisfaction and eating disorders remains unclear. Sociocultural, familial, and psychological factors are believed to be related to the development of weight and shape concerns and dissatisfaction, which in turn are thought to promote disordered eating behaviors, such as purging. In this chapter we discuss many of the risk factors for developing weight and shape concerns, as well as their consequences.

How to Psychologically Minimize Scratching Impulses

2014 ◽  
Vol 222 (3) ◽  
pp. 140-147 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ariane Sölle ◽  
Theresa Bartholomäus ◽  
Margitta Worm ◽  
Regine Klinger
Keyword(s):  
Cognitive Processes ◽  
Placebo Effect ◽  
Psychological Factors ◽  
Pharmacological Treatments ◽  
Physiological Basis ◽  
Psychological Mechanisms ◽  
Physical Complaints ◽  
Factors Influencing ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Placebo Model

Research in recent years, especially in the analgesic field, has intensively studied the placebo effect and its mechanisms. It has been shown that physical complaints can be efficiently reduced via learning and cognitive processes (conditioning and expectancies). However, despite evidence demonstrating a large variety of physiological similarities between pain and itch, the possible transfer of the analgesic placebo model to itch has not yet been widely discussed in research. This review therefore aims at highlighting potential transfers of placebo mechanisms to itch processes by demonstrating the therapeutic issues in pharmacological treatments for pruritus on a physiological basis and by discussing the impact of psychological mechanisms and psychological factors influencing itch sensations.

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