Treatment
Treatment approaches to bulimia nervosa are outlined in

Epidemiology
Between 1% and 3% of young adult females in the United States meet the diagnostic criteria for bulimia nervosa. As many as 40% of young adults engage in episodic binge…

Illustrative Case
A 20-year-old woman sought outpatient treatment for her binge eating and vomiting behavior. Her symptoms began at age 17, when she was a college freshman. Although very bright and attractive,…

Differential Diagnosis
The DSM-IV diagnostic criteria for bulimia are listed in

Psychiatric Comorbidity
There is a high association of affective disorders with bulimia nervosa, with lifetime rates of over 80%. Major depression is most common, occurring in one-third of patients with bulimia nervosa…

Symptoms & Signs
The essential feature of bulimia nervosa is the episodic, uncontrolled gorging of large quantities of food in short periods of time. Patients are aware of their disordered eating…

Bulimia Nervosa Introduction
Bulimia nervosa is the episodic, uncontrolled binge eating of large quantities of food over a short period of time. It was originally described in the late 1950s as a pattern of…