Shocking Statistics
These statistics are the shocking truth about self-injury, eating disorders, depression, alcohol, drug addiction! **This is just a quick glance at some of the statistics.
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Eating Disorders
According to the National Eating Disorders Association, an eating disorder includes unhealthy emotions, behaviors and attitudes concerning food and weight issues. The most common eating disorders are Anorexia Nervosa, Bulimia Nervosa, and Compulsive Overeating.
Depression
Depression
Definition: Although most people may feel down from time to time, few of these people are actually suffering from what psychologists consider depression. Depression is a mental illness, classified by psychologists as a mood disorder. If affects a person's mood, how she thinks and even how she feels physically. Generally, doctors will make a diagnosis of depression if someone has suffered for an extended perios of time (two weeks or more).
Alcohol
Alcohol is classified as a depressant. It slows down/impairs brain function, causing your brain to think at a slower rate. It also causes slowed speech, impaired balance, judgment and a tendency to be less inhibited.
Abusive Relationships
Abusice relationships are relationships where one person causes physical, sexual, or emotional harm to the other person. Abuse can also involve the restriction or limitation of money, time food, shelter or contact with others outside of the relationship. Another name for this type of behavior is also called domestic violence or intimate partner abuse.
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