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Basic Course: $21.00
with Certificate & CEUs: $46.00
If you or someone you know has battled an eating disorder, you will find this course to be absolutely fascinating. It provides vital information for counselors, college students, coaches, people interested in dance, historians, fashion designers and media specialists. Upon successful completion of the course, the student will have been able to discuss issues relating to anorexia with other students on the discussion board, and to write clear, coherent papers on the issues relating to anorexia. Unit 1: Anorexia -- A Deadly Quest Unit 2: Anorexia from Medieval Time Until Now Unit 3: How and Why Do People Develop Anorexia? Unit 4: Examples and Case Studies Unit 5: The Future of Anorexia: Cultural Trends, Proana Sites, Ana/Mia Sites - Treatment Enroll today! This is a self-paced, online course. You have 6 months to finish. An instructor will monitor your progress and assess your body of work at course completion. UniversalClass™ offers many wonderful learning tools to help you get the most out of your online course, including an online portfolio service that manages all your course completions.

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Continuing Education Units (CEU)
1.0 CEUs

Course Description

How and why does one become anorexic?  While many blame the media, anorexia is really about psychology and social control. Eating disorders are epidemic in our society.  This course explains why it is likely to get worse before it gets better.

This course investigates the nature, causes, and manifestations of anorexia, and explores causes, behaviors, health and psychological consequences. Taking this course will provide you with statistics, current articles, case studies, and information needed to understand what has become an epidemic in our time.  You will read stories by and about anorexics, examine the impact of the media and pro-anorexia websites, explore psychological issues, and find out which recovery approaches work and why.  

With a focus on writing and interaction with other students, the course allows students to see how writing memoirs, autobiography, and creative non-fiction can help an individual gain insight into anorexia and other eating disorders.

If you or someone you know has battled an eating disorder, you will find this course to be absolutely fascinating. It provides vital information for counselors, college students, coaches, people interested in dance, historians, fashion designers and media specialists. 


Dr. Susan Nash in her course Understanding Anorexia, investigates the nature, causes, and manifestations of anorexia, and explores causes, behaviors, health and psychological consequences. Taking this course will provide you with statistics, current articles, case studies, and information needed to understand what has become an epidemic in our time. You will read stories by and about anorexics, examine the impact of the media and pro-anorexia websites, explore psychological issues, and find out which recovery approaches work and why. Upon successful completion of the course, the student will have been able to discuss issues relating to anorexia with other students on the discussion board, and to write clear, coherent papers on the issues relating to anorexia.
This course offers 1.0 CEUs upon successful completion. You may take this online course with or without CEU documentation. An online and hard-copy Certificate of Course Completion displaying your coursework and CEUs earned is included with the CEU Option. We also offer an expedited Transcript Service for sending your accomplishments to a third party.

Course Lessons

  1. Unit 1: Anorexia -- A Deadly Quest - Almost everyone has known a friend, family member, or acquaintance who has suffered from anorexia nervosa. It is easy to feel helpless. However, an understanding can lead to a positive approach.
  2. Unit 2: Anorexia from Medieval Time Until Now - Beginning with medieval mystics and saints, including Catherine of Siena, and Theresa of Avila, and then examining the Victorian "fasting girls," this unit examines how fasting became equated with feminine purity.
  3. Unit 3: How and Why Do People Develop Anorexia? - Some argue that anorexia is due to the influence of the media and the pressure to conform to societal ideas of beauty. Others say that anorexia is genetic, while still others make connections between anorexia and depression, anxiety, and substance abuse.
  4. Unit 4: Examples and Case Studies - Why do some of the best, brightest, and most talented women lose their lives to anorexia? It is a tragic reality, and this chapter takes a close look at Karen Carpenter, elite gymnast Christy Henrich, and honor student Elyssa McCall, as well as others.
  5. Unit 5: The Future of Anorexia: Cultural Trends, Proana Sites, Ana/Mia Sites - Treatment - Proana sites, Ana-Mia dangers, cultural pressure, and recovery. Experts begin to concur that anorexia is a disease.
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Course Title : Understanding Anorexia
CEU Value : (Continuing Education Units)
Course Number : 15911
Course Type : College Level
Course URL : http://humdev510.onlineclasses.com
Course Review :
Instructor : Susan Nash, Ph.D.
Syllabus : View Syllabus
Duration : Continuous: Enroll anytime!
Course Fee :
Basic Course: $21.00
with CEUs & Certificate: $46.00
NOT FOR COLLEGE CREDIT
This is a non-credit course. This course may not fulfill any local, state, government, licensing, or educational requirements.
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