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Bulimia Nervosa Dsm Iv
1,995 wordsBackground Bulimia nervosa (BN) is reported to co-occur with childhood abuse and alterations in central serotonin (5 -hydroxytryptamine [ 5 -HT]) and cortisol mechanisms. However, findings also link childhood abuse to anomalous 5 -HT and cortisol function, and this motivated us to explore relationships between childhood abuse and neurobiological variations in BN. Methods Thirty-five bulimic and 25 non bulimic women were assessed for childhood physical and sexual abuse, eating symptoms, and comor...
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Sexually Abused Abused Women
2,084 words... levels in spring and fall. 29 For cortisol, data indicate consistent differences between winter and summer samplings (but inconsistencies as to direction of effects, possibly attributable to geographic, meteorologic, or other differences). 30 Our own data showed trends or effects consistent with high peak prolactin levels in winter, high Bmax and cortisol levels in summer, and intermediate values on these indices in spring and fall. To control for this range of effects, we entered 2 dummy va...
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Anorexia And Bulimia Laxatives Diuretics
1,722 wordsAnorexia and Bulimia are the two main dietary disorders which have swept other dietary disorders aside. They mostly effect girls aged 14 - 17. The causes vary between culture, family pressures, chemical imbalance, emotional & personality disorder. Also genetics might play a small role in contributing to this disorder. In this era, we are constantly bombarded with the images of extremely thin, anorexic models. We are constantly told, if we want people to like us we must get thin. It has cross...
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Young Women Article Titled
706 wordsMany young women Bulimia BULIMIA Many young women have developed abnormal eating-related behavior. The growing preoccupation with slimness has caused girls and young women to feel overweight or fat, even if they are of normal weight. Many young women have developed abnormal eating-related behaviors. Now, slimness, which is seen as synonymous with self-discipline and control, is the desired goal. Mitchell (1990) said that young women are expected to be attractive and domestic in traditional femin...
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Bulimia Nervosa Binge Eating
4,050 wordsBulimia Nervosa has begun to be recognized in the last 30 years as a serious psychological disorder, primarily affecting women. The essential features are binge eating, which may or may not co-occur with inappropriate means of weight gain prevention. Bulimia, as well as eating disorders in general are the result of biological psychological and psychosocial factors. Urges to overeat, gorge or purge may arise as a backlash to dieting or fasting, but often as a dead-end coping mechanism for many in...
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