Bulimia Nervosa
A serious eating disorder marked by binging, followed by methods to avoid weight gain.
Bulimia is a potentially life-threatening eating disorder.
People with this condition binge eat. They then take steps to avoid weight gain. Most commonly, this means vomiting (purging). But it can also mean excessive exercising or fasting.
Treatments include counseling, medications, and nutrition education.
Cluster Number:
Wiki Number: W028
Diagnosis: Bulimia Nervosa
US Patients: About 1%
World Patients: 3.6M
Sex Ratio: M;W9
Age Onset: G13-20
Brain Area: pfc, cingulates, insula cortices
Symptoms: binge eating & vomiting/laxatives; vomit-then-binge cycles
Progression: tooth breakdown, depression, drugs, self-harm, suicide; uncontrolled serotonin
Causes: fixation on thinness and body image from media. African-American women 1.5X that of Caucasian women
Medications: antidepressants
Therapies: CBT, (Jim Lohr: less attention to thin models in the media?) family therapy+C3:C14
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Eating Disorders Explained
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Bulimia Nervosa and Eating Disorder
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Support Group: allianceforeatingdisorders.com (On-line)
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Section 12.13.
4 CURRENT ARTICLES
FROM PUBMED
The world-wide medical research
reports chosen for each diagnosis
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PubMed article’s summary-abstract.
- Orthorexic tendency and its association with weight control methods and dietary variety in Polish adults: a cross-sectional studyby Marta Plichta on May 7, 2024
The methods for controlling weight play a central role in formally diagnosed eating disorders (EDs) and appear to be important in the context of other nonformally recognized disorders, such as orthorexia nervosa (ON). These methods also have an impact on eating behaviors, including dietary variety. Our study aimed to: (i) assess the intensity of ON tendency by sex and BMI groups, (ii) evaluate the associations between ON tendency, weight control methods, and dietary variety, and (iii) determine...
- Multi-family Therapy for Eating Disorders Across the Lifespanby Julian Baudinet on May 6, 2024
PURPOSE OF REVIEW: This review aims to report on recent evidence for multi-family therapy for eating disorders (MFT) across the lifespan. It is a narrative update of recent systematic, scoping and meta-analytic reviews.
- Attachment, Mentalization, Emotion Dysregulation, and Empathy in Eating Disorders: Comparing Anorexic and Bulimic Patientsby Giulia Gagliardini on May 5, 2024
Eating disorders (EDs) represent a wide range of clinical symptoms related to food intake, body image, and weight issues, and include anorexia nervosa-restricting type (AN-R), anorexia nervosa-binge-purge type (AN-BP), and bulimia nervosa (BN). The aim was to investigate the characteristics of attachment, mentalization, emotion dysregulation, and empathy in a sample of 102 patients with EDs. A sample of 102 patients and therapists completed a series of measures for the assessment of ED...
- Course of avoidant/restrictive food intake disorder: Emergence of overvaluation of shape/weightby P Evelyna Kambanis on May 3, 2024
CONCLUSIONS: Diagnostic crossover from ARFID to another (typically restricting) eating disorder following the development of shape/weight concerns may represent the natural progression of a singular clinical phenomenon. Findings identify potential pathways from ARFID to the development of another eating disorder, highlighting possible clinical targets for preventing this outcome.