Bulimia Nervosa Elizabeth K. Stanford, MD

Bulimia Nervosa

Elizabeth K. Stanford, MD

Bulimia nervosa is characterized by binge eating and inappropriate vomiting, fasting, excessive exercise and the misuse of diuretics, laxatives or enemas. Bulimia nervosa is 10 times more common in females than in males and affects up to 3 percent of young women. The condition usually becomes symptomatic between the ages of 13 and 20 years.

There may be a genetic predisposition to bulimia nervosa. Predisposing factors include psychologic and personality factors, such as perfectionism, impaired self-concept, affective instability, and poor impulse control.

http://www.medical-library.org/journals/secure/psychi/secure/bulimia_nervosa.htm

اسم المستخدم: 1929
كلمة السر:1929

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