Bulimia Nervosa
Statistics
symptoms
diagnostic criteria
Binging and Purging
Indeed, the majority of adolescents with eating disorders have at least one other psychiatric disorder, ranging from a low of 55% for anorexia to a high of 88% for bulimia. 21, 35
treatment
risk factors
Not wanting to eat in public or in front of others
sources
use laxatives
fear of becoming fat
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Going to the bathroom after eating or during meals
Having a distorted, excessively negative body image
Abnormal bowel functioning
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Special Diet
Identify the symptoms early
Psychotherapy
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Hospitalization; either in-patient or
out-patient care or both
Excessive exercising
Persistent worry or complaining about being fat
Based on diagnostic interview data from the National Comorbidity Survey Replication (NCS-R), median age of onset was 18 years-old for both bulimia nervosa .
Bulimia affects more girls and younger women than older women. Teen girls between 15 and 19 and young women in their early 20s are most at risk.3 But eating disorders are happening more often in older women. In one study, 13% of American women over 50 had signs of an eating disorder.4