What is bulimia nervosa? Describe the diagnostic criteria for this disorder.
What will be an ideal response?
Key terms and concepts that may be included in student responses:
? Bulimia nervosa-uncontrolled eating (bingeing), followed by behaviors designed to prevent weight gain from the binges
? Diagnostic criteria-recurrent episodes of binge eating; eating in a discrete period of time an amount of food that is definitely larger than most people would eat during a similar period of time and under similar circumstances; a sense of lack of control over eating during the episode; recurrent inappropriate compensatory behaviors to prevent weight gain, such as self-induced vomiting, misuse of laxatives, diuretics, enemas, or other medications, fasting, excessive exercise; the binge eating and inappropriate purging behaviors both occur, on average, at least once per week for three months; self-evaluation is unduly influenced by body shape and weight; the disturbance does not occur exclusively during episodes of anorexia nervosa.
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