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Bulimia Nervosa - Coggle Diagram
Bulimia Nervosa
Symptoms
Feeling that you can't control your eating behavior
Eating until the point of discomfort or pain
Eating much more food in a binge episode than in a normal meal or snack
Forcing yourself to vomit after eating
Exercising excessively after binging
Misuse of laxatives, diuretics or enemas
Being preoccupied with your body shape and weight
Having a distorted, excessively negative body image
Going to the bathroom after eating or during meals
Abnormal bowel functioning
Risk factors
Deppression
Anxiety
Self harm behaviors
Posttraumatic stress
Mental health problems
Criteria one has to have in order to be diagnosed with Anorexia
Recurrent episodes of binge eating
Recurrent inappropriate compensatory behaviors (such as self-induced vomiting, misuse of laxatives, fasting, or excessive exercise) in order to prevent weight gain
The binge eating and inappropriate compensatory behaviors both occur, on average, at least 1x/week for 3 months.
Self-evaluation is unduly influenced by body shape and weight.
The disturbance does not occur exclusively during episodes of anorexia nervosa
Treatments
Identify symptoms early
Hospitalization; in-patient or out-patient or both.
Special diet
psychotherapy
Sources
https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/bulimia/symptoms-causes/syc-20353615
https://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/health/conditions-and-diseases/eating-disorders/bulimia-nervosa
Statistics
Women are 5x more likely to develop bulimia.
bulimia develops in 1.5% of women and 0.5% of men