PSYC 331 Lecture : Bulimia Nervosa.doc
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Bulimia nervosa binges. concepts and moods and social perception. Bulimia from a greek word means ox hunger. This disorder involves episodes of rapid consumption of a large amount of food, followed by compensatory beh such as vomiting, fasting or excessive exercise to prevent weight gain. The dsm defines a binge as eating an excessive amount of food within less than two hours. Bn is not diagnosed if the binging and purging occur only in the context of an and its extreme weight loss; the diagnosis in such as case is an binge eating purging subtype. Binges typically occur in secret may be triggered by stress and the negative emotions it arouses and continue until the person is uncomfortably full. Stressors that involve negative social interactions may be particularly potent elicitors of. Bulimics have high levels of interpersonal sensitivity, as reflected in large increases in self- criticism following negative social interactions.