Sistematización de experiencias: Análisis de los factores de riesgo que inciden en la aparición del trastorno de conducta alimenticia en los adolescentes del instituto de neurociencias en el periodo de mayo a septiembre del año 2023

Abstract

The present work focuses on the systematization of pre-professional experiences carried out at the Institute of Neurosciences, Guayaquil - Ecuador. Through the research, we sought to collect relevant information about eating disorders with a sample of 5 cases in adolescents in a qualitative way with a cognitive behavioral approach, which allows the analysis of the main risk factors that can affect their behavior. fundamental appearance of this problem to understand the potential danger that they can represent in the quality of life of the Ecuadorian population. The relevance of having knowledge about eating disorders is vital, as they are mental pathologies that today affect adolescent women more frequently and are characterized by an obsessive concern to achieve a different body image from the rest cause of a dysfunctional relationship with food in search of reducing its consumption and even rejecting other options in a definitive term; belonging to anorexia or bulimia nervosa, where the intensified fear that occurs with a distorted perception of weight is present and is frightened at the slightest possibility of acquiring more weight, which leads the patient to adopt extremist behaviors. To achieve the purpose of this research, the following techniques were used: data collection, analysis, and critical reflection on the use of the inventory of certified documentation of the cases previously treated and fully provided by the professionals in charge of the academic department of the institute of the charitable board.