Bulimia facts
An eating disorder characterized by regular, often secretive bouts of overeating followed by self-induced vomiting or purging, strict dieting, or extreme exercise, associated with persistent and excessive concern with body weight.
What is the definition of bulimia?
A disorder characterized by severe and persistent disturbance in eating behaviors and distressing thoughts and emotions.
What is an eating disorder?
The treatment of mental conditions by verbal communication and interaction
What is counseling/therapy?
A form of therapy where one or more therapists work with several people at once.
What is group therapy?
Irregular or absent periods, sore throat, feeling tired, unusual behavior around meals, bloating or tummy pain, scars on fingers or knuckles, social isolation, heartburn.
What are symptoms of bulimia?
Frequently consuming unusually large amounts of food in one sitting and feeling that eating behavior is out of control.
What is binging?
Learning how to adopt different eating and other nutrition-related behaviors conducive to health and well-being.
What is nutrition education?
A form of therapy that addresses the family system and focuses on how the disorder has impacted the overall unit.
What is family therapy?
ongoing dental problems. weakened bones (osteoporosis) infertility in men and women. electrolyte imbalance from self-induced vomiting – this can cause severe dehydration, and damage nerves, muscles and organs.
What are long-term effects of bulimia?
The act of compensating for or expelling food intake to influence body weight or “make up for” consuming calories
What is purging?
The process of teaching clients with mental illness and their family members about the nature of the illness, including its etiology, progression, consequences, prognosis, treatment, and alternatives.
What is psychoeducation?
A form of therapy where psychologists aim to change negative and irrational thinking by showing patients a positive way to think.
What is Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)?
Major depression (50%), specific phobia (50%), post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) (45%), attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) (35%) and alcohol use disorder (34%)
What are comorbid disorders of bulimia?
A mental illness involving obsessive focus on a perceived flaw in appearance.
What is body dysmorphia?
A form of treatment where patients live in the hospital full time. They receive individual and group therapy multiple times a day. The therapy is aimed at teaching patients how to unlearn their compulsive eating behaviors and replace them with healthier ones.
What is inpatient treatment?
A form of therapy that links interpersonal difficulties and social skills deficits to eating disorder symptoms
What is Interpersonal Therapy (IPT)?