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Volume 21
International Journal of Emergency Mental
Health and Human Resilience
ISSN: 1522-4821
Mental Health 2019
March 07-08, 2019
March 07-08, 2019 | Barcelona, Spain
5
th
International Conference on
Mental Health and Human Resilience
Is fatphobia or psychosomatically expressed psychological distress central to deliberate food restriction?
An exploration of populations from the Arabian Gulf
Harith Hamood Said Al-Aamri
1
, Samir Al-Adawi
2
, Sangeetha Mahadevan
1
, Nasser Al-Sibani
2
, Ibrahim Al-Zakwani
2
and
Atsu S S Dorvlo
2
1
Oman Medical Specialty Board, Oman
2
Sultan Qaboos University, Oman
Introduction:
Existing psychiatric nomenclature has dwelled on the view that cardinal distress among youngsters
with deliberate food restriction is termed “fatphobia”. As per international psychiatric classifications, deliberate self-
harm is often conceived as being an integral part of anorexia nervosa. Follow-up data from non-western populations
have minimized the centrality of this condition.
Aims:
To compare the performance on indices of deliberate food restriction, fatphobia and psychosomatically
expressed psychological distress among Euro-American and Omani children living in Oman, an Arabian Gulf
country.
Methods:
The presence of eating disorders was tapped into using the Eating Attitude Test. Eating Disorder Inventory
and Bradford Somatic Inventory solicited the presence of psychosomatically expressed psychological distress among
Euro-American and Omani children living in the urban areas of Oman.
Results:
The data suggest dichotomous performance with nonwestern children showing higher endorsement on
indices of psychosomatically expressed psychological distress than western counterpart who showedmore propensity
toward fatphobia.
Conclusion:
If the present finding withstands further scrutiny, existing psychiatric nomenclatures need to
incorporate data from non-western societies that comprise of 80% of the global population. The present finding has
significant implications for unearthing what is universal, versus what is cultural in order to lay the groundwork for
understanding the emerging epidemic of deliberate food restriction around the world.
Biography
Harith Hamood Said Al Aamri, MD, graduated from College of Medicine at Sultan Qaboos University in Oman. Currently he is in the third year of Psychiatry
residency in Oman Medical Speciality Board. He is interested in eating disorders and somatoform disorders and participant in community psychiatry awareness
programs and campaigns.
h.alaamri111@gmail.comHarith Hamood Said Al-Aamri et al., Int J Emerg Ment Health 2019, Volume 21
DOI: 10.4172/1522-4821-C1-027