ALLMedicine™ Bulimia Nervosa Center

Nov 19th, 2020 - Individuals with bulimia nervosa often experience suicidal ideation. Identity disturbance, or unstable sense of self, has been connected both to eating disorders and to suicidality. This study sought to test whether identity problems were related ...

Nov 19th, 2020 - Perceived parental influence on diet in early adolescence in the context of the parental relationship had previously not been studied in a clinical sample. The aim of this study was to investigate a possible association between eating disorders an...

Nov 19th, 2020 - This study aimed to examine the health service use and healthcare costs of adults with anorexia nervosa (AN) and bulimia nervosa (BN) in Taiwan. AN and BN cases between 2002-2013 were extracted from a national health insurance database. For each A...

Nov 17th, 2020 - Androgen Insensitivity Syndrome represents a disorder due to partial (PAIS), mild (MAIS) or complete (CAIS) resistance to androgens caused by X-linked mutations of androgen receptor gene. CAIS is characterized by a female phenotype and XY karyotyp...

Nov 14th, 2020 - Negative mood often triggers binge eating in bulimia nervosa (BN). We investigated motivational salience as a possible underlying mechanism using event-related potentials (ERPs) as indicators of motivated attention allocation (P300) and sustained ...

Oct 3rd, 2011 - The treatment of eating disorders is a complex process that relies not only on the use of psychotropic drugs but should include also nutritional counselling, psychotherapy and the treatment of the medical complications, where they are present. In ...

Nov 19th, 2020 - Individuals with bulimia nervosa often experience suicidal ideation. Identity disturbance, or unstable sense of self, has been connected both to eating disorders and to suicidality. This study sought to test whether identity problems were related ...

Nov 19th, 2020 - Perceived parental influence on diet in early adolescence in the context of the parental relationship had previously not been studied in a clinical sample. The aim of this study was to investigate a possible association between eating disorders an...

Nov 19th, 2020 - This study aimed to examine the health service use and healthcare costs of adults with anorexia nervosa (AN) and bulimia nervosa (BN) in Taiwan. AN and BN cases between 2002-2013 were extracted from a national health insurance database. For each A...

Nov 17th, 2020 - Androgen Insensitivity Syndrome represents a disorder due to partial (PAIS), mild (MAIS) or complete (CAIS) resistance to androgens caused by X-linked mutations of androgen receptor gene. CAIS is characterized by a female phenotype and XY karyotyp...

Nov 14th, 2020 - Negative mood often triggers binge eating in bulimia nervosa (BN). We investigated motivational salience as a possible underlying mechanism using event-related potentials (ERPs) as indicators of motivated attention allocation (P300) and sustained ...

Apr 24th, 2018 - Eating disorders (EDs) affect people of all ages, sexes, and ethnic/racial groups and are associated with significant psychosocial impairment, new research shows. Investigators analyzed data from more than 35,000 US adults and found that women had...

Jul 1st, 2017 - Eating disorders are thought to affect only the young. Although the mean age of presentation is 17 years for anorexia nervosa and 18 to 25 years for bulimia nervosa, many women >65 years suffer from these disorders.

Nov 15th, 2016 - In bulimia nervosa, as in binge-eating syndrome, frequent episodes of binge eating are linked with emotional distress and a sense of loss of control. However, unlike binge-eating syndrome, bulimia includes compensatory behaviors intended to rid th...

Nov 15th, 2016 - Inappropriate compensatory behaviors can also include diuretic use and fasting. Chronic dehydration may result and can cause dizziness, palpitations, weakness, dry skin, and electrolyte imbalances. Other possible consequences include inflammation ...

Nov 15th, 2016 - Most eating disorders have high recovery rates in the first 10 years of disease development, but bulimia nervosa is the only eating disorder that has an increased probability of recovery after 10 years. In the short term, a 50% improvement in bing...