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The psychotherapeutic approach in Orthorexia: A Case study

Tsvetelina Slavchova Hadzhieva * ceti_hadjieva@swu.bg * ORCID: 0000-0001-7856-9430 * ResearcherID: V-2964-2018
South-West University“Neofit Rilski”, Faculty of Philosophy, Blagoevgrad, BULGARIA

Open Journal for Psychological Research, 2022, 6(1), 1-6 * https://doi.org/10.32591/coas.ojpr.0601.01001h
Received: 11 December 2022 ▪ Revised: 27 February 2022 ▪ Accepted: 4 April 2022

LICENCE: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

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ABSTRACT:
The article aims to describe and outline the potential possibility for the implementation of orthorexia neurosis as a consequence of the inappropriate dietary pattern of nutrition, which is expressed in people in food navigation, who are established earlier and obsess daily about Orthorexia. A case study is presented, which eloquently shows that Orthorexia can affect people, regardless of age. An attempt has been made to emphasize this by compulsively following atypical eating habits changing the personal pattern of introduction, where the main focus is on food.

KEY WORDS: eating disorders, Orthorexia, eating habits.

CORRESPONDING AUTHOR:
Tsvetelina Slavchova Hadzhieva, South-West University“Neofit Rilski”, Faculty of Philosophy, Blagoevgrad, BULGARIA. E-mail: ceti_hadjieva@swu.bg.

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