Self-induced vomiting and bulimia nervosa: an undetected problem.
Six hundred and twenty women who were currently practising self-induced vomiting to control their weight were identified with the help of a women's magazine. Nineteen women (3.1%) fulfilled diagnostic criteria for anorexia nervosa. Of the remainder, 499 (83.0%) fulfilled diagnostic criteria for...
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| description | Six hundred and twenty women who were currently practising self-induced vomiting to control their weight were identified with the help of a women's magazine. Nineteen women (3.1%) fulfilled diagnostic criteria for anorexia nervosa. Of the remainder, 499 (83.0%) fulfilled diagnostic criteria for bulimia nervosa, a recently described eating disorder. Of these, 56.1% practised self-induced vomiting at least once daily; the mean duration of vomiting was 4.5 years. Most women were of normal body weight. On standardised measures, 68.1% of women showed pronounced psychiatric morbidity and 89% had profoundly disturbed attitudes to food and eating. 56.4% thought they definitely needed medical help, though only 30.1% had ever discussed any aspect of their eating difficulties with a doctor. This study highlights the secrecy that surrounds bulimia nervosa and suggests that it is an important undetected source of psychiatric morbidity. |
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| spelling | oxford-uuid:778121b1-34d8-4f8c-8ba2-ec1b328d7bc72022-03-26T20:24:28ZSelf-induced vomiting and bulimia nervosa: an undetected problem.Journal articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_dcae04bcuuid:778121b1-34d8-4f8c-8ba2-ec1b328d7bc7EnglishSymplectic Elements at Oxford1982Fairburn, CCooper, PSix hundred and twenty women who were currently practising self-induced vomiting to control their weight were identified with the help of a women's magazine. Nineteen women (3.1%) fulfilled diagnostic criteria for anorexia nervosa. Of the remainder, 499 (83.0%) fulfilled diagnostic criteria for bulimia nervosa, a recently described eating disorder. Of these, 56.1% practised self-induced vomiting at least once daily; the mean duration of vomiting was 4.5 years. Most women were of normal body weight. On standardised measures, 68.1% of women showed pronounced psychiatric morbidity and 89% had profoundly disturbed attitudes to food and eating. 56.4% thought they definitely needed medical help, though only 30.1% had ever discussed any aspect of their eating difficulties with a doctor. This study highlights the secrecy that surrounds bulimia nervosa and suggests that it is an important undetected source of psychiatric morbidity. |
| spellingShingle | Fairburn, C Cooper, P Self-induced vomiting and bulimia nervosa: an undetected problem. |
| title | Self-induced vomiting and bulimia nervosa: an undetected problem. |
| title_full | Self-induced vomiting and bulimia nervosa: an undetected problem. |
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