Eating disorder that is characterized by a cycle of bulimia (binge eating) followed by inappropriate acts such as purging to avert weight gain.
An eating disorder characterized by extreme overeating followed by self-induced vomiting.
1Fifty participants who met DSM-III-R criteria for bulimia nervosa completed the study.
2With bulimia nervosa, a person feels the need to purge following food consumption.
3There was no significant difference between bulimia nervosa and healthy controls.
4In the nonpatient community samples BED was more common than purging bulimia nervosa.
5Psychotherapeutical and pharmacological treatment strategies in anorexia and bulimia nervosa will be discussed.
6Both anorexia nervosa and bulimia nervosa are associated with increased mortality.
7It alleges the producer's insults to Kesha's appearance caused her to develop bulimia nervosa.
8Conclusion: Childhood sexual abuse is a risk factor for bulimia nervosa with significant comorbidity.
9We have shown the opiate antagonist naltrexone to attenuate bulimia nervosa in controlled clinical trials.
10Results are discussed in relation to previous research and the implications for treatment of bulimia nervosa.
11This represents the first known application of this performance variability analysis in subjects with bulimia nervosa.
12Exposures: At least 1 hospitalization for bulimia nervosa.
13Discussion: Our results raise questions about the specific pathognomonic quality of body satisfaction-dependent self-esteem in bulimia nervosa.
14The autoantibodies that react with dopamine and serotonin are of interest in the study of bulimia nervosa.
15Our auto-addiction model suggests that opiate blockade may be therapeutically useful in anorexia nervosa and bulimia nervosa.
16Opioid impairments and alterations have been implicated in the pathophysiology of bulimia nervosa and binge eating disorder.
Translations for bulimia nervosa