scholarly journals A translational neuroscience approach to body image disturbance and its remediation in anorexia nervosa

2017 ◽  
Vol 50 (9) ◽  
pp. 1014-1017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jamie Feusner ◽  
Rangaprakash Deshpande ◽  
Michael Strober
Keyword(s):  
Body Image ◽  
Anorexia Nervosa ◽  
Body Image Disturbance ◽  
Translational Neuroscience

Haloperidol for severe anorexia nervosa restricting type with delusional body image disturbance: a nine-case chart review

2013 ◽  
Vol 18 (3) ◽  
pp. 329-332 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mauro Mauri ◽  
Mario Miniati ◽  
Michela Giorgi Mariani ◽  
Agnese Ciberti ◽  
Liliana Dell’Osso
Keyword(s):  
Body Image ◽  
Anorexia Nervosa ◽  
Chart Review ◽  
Body Image Disturbance

Body-Image Disturbances in Patients with Anorexia Nervosa

1982 ◽  
Vol 51 (3) ◽  
pp. 715-722 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mirja Kalliopuska
Keyword(s):  
Body Image ◽  
Factor Analysis ◽  
Anorexia Nervosa ◽  
Ego Identity ◽  
The Body ◽  
Body Image Disturbance ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Identity Problem ◽  
Body Image Disturbances ◽  
Image Projections

Body-image disturbances are studied by the Draw-A-Person test given to the anorexia nervosa group of 32 and a control group of 30. The Machover scoring system was used. Two new scales were also constructed, the index of disturbed body image and the unity index of the body image. Machover's method differentiated groups from each other statistically significantly including the new ones: the unity index of body image made by Kalliopuska and Siimes in 1980 and Kalliopuska's index of disturbed body image in 1981. Factor analysis of items gave six factors: severe body-image disturbance, body-image adequacy, hostility, regression, unsureness and faltering in body image, and ego-identity problem. Body-image projections varied greatly as the nature of anorexia nervosa is multidimensional.

Alterations in Activity, Volume, and Connectivity of Body-Processing Brain Areas in Anorexia Nervosa

2015 ◽  
Vol 20 (1) ◽  
pp. 27-33 ◽  
Author(s):  
Boris Suchan ◽  
Silja Vocks ◽  
Manuel Waldorf
Keyword(s):  
Eating Disorders ◽  
Body Image ◽  
Anorexia Nervosa ◽  
Visual Processing ◽  
Parietal Lobe ◽  
Body Image Disturbance ◽  
Extrastriate Cortex ◽  
Neural Basis ◽  
Brain Areas ◽  
Reduced Activity

Body image disturbance is one of the main symptoms of eating disorders; however, the neural basis of this phenomenon is not well understood yet. In the present paper, we review studies investigating the neuronal correlates of visual body perception in anorexia nervosa. We first focus on the well-known parietal lobe contribution to body image processing and its malfunction. Additionally, we focus on the contribution and involvement of the extrastriate and fusiform body area in eating disorders, especially anorexia nervosa. The summarized studies provide first evidence for a reduced activity, volume, and connectivity in brain areas involved and specialized in the visual processing of human bodies. In general, the reviewed studies provide evidence for abnormalities in body-processing brain areas in anorexia nervosa, indicating two structures in the brain that are involved: early stages of body processing in the visual extrastriate cortex and later stages in the parietal cortex.

scholarly journals Assessing body image in anorexia nervosa using biometric self-avatars in virtual reality: Attitudinal components rather than visual body size estimation are distorted

2017 ◽  
Vol 48 (4) ◽  
pp. 642-653 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. C. Mölbert ◽  
A. Thaler ◽  
B. J. Mohler ◽  
S. Streuber ◽  
J. Romero ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Body Image ◽  
Virtual Reality ◽  
Body Weight ◽  
Anorexia Nervosa ◽  
Three Dimensional ◽  
Normal Weight ◽  
Body Image Disturbance ◽  
Size Estimation ◽  
Eating Disorder Symptoms ◽  
Body Size Estimation

BackgroundBody image disturbance (BID) is a core symptom of anorexia nervosa (AN), but as yet distinctive features of BID are unknown. The present study aimed at disentangling perceptual and attitudinal components of BID in AN.MethodsWe investigated n = 24 women with AN and n = 24 controls. Based on a three-dimensional (3D) body scan, we created realistic virtual 3D bodies (avatars) for each participant that were varied through a range of ±20% of the participants’ weights. Avatars were presented in a virtual reality mirror scenario. Using different psychophysical tasks, participants identified and adjusted their actual and their desired body weight. To test for general perceptual biases in estimating body weight, a second experiment investigated perception of weight and shape matched avatars with another identity.ResultsWomen with AN and controls underestimated their weight, with a trend that women with AN underestimated more. The average desired body of controls had normal weight while the average desired weight of women with AN corresponded to extreme AN (DSM-5). Correlation analyses revealed that desired body weight, but not accuracy of weight estimation, was associated with eating disorder symptoms. In the second experiment, both groups estimated accurately while the most attractive body was similar to Experiment 1.ConclusionsOur results contradict the widespread assumption that patients with AN overestimate their body weight due to visual distortions. Rather, they illustrate that BID might be driven by distorted attitudes with regard to the desired body. Clinical interventions should aim at helping patients with AN to change their desired weight.

scholarly journals The Concept of Body Image Disturbance in Anorexia Nervosa: An Empirical Inquiry Utilizing Patients' Subjective Experiences

2011 ◽  
Vol 19 (2) ◽  
pp. 175-193 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ester M. S. Espeset ◽  
Ragnfrid H. S. Nordbø ◽  
Kjersti S. Gulliksen ◽  
Finn Skårderud ◽  
Josie Geller ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Body Image ◽  
Anorexia Nervosa ◽  
Body Image Disturbance ◽  
Subjective Experiences ◽  
Empirical Inquiry
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