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Characteristics of 275 patients with bulimia
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The authors present data on 275 patients who met DSM-III criteria for bulimia. The mean age of the patients was 24.8 years, and the average duration of illness was approximately 7 years. These patients reported a variety of abnormal eating-related behaviors: binge eating (100%), self-induced vomiting (88.1%), laxative abuse (60.6%), diuretic abuse (33.1%), and chewing and spitting out food (64.5%). Over one-third reported a history of problems with alcohol or other drugs and most indicated substantial social impairment.
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- Venue
- American Journal of Psychiatry
- Published
- 1985-04-01
- Volume
- 142
- Issue
- 4
- Pages
- 482-485
- ISSN
- 0002-953X (ISSN-L)
- 1535-7228
- OpenAlex
- W2441862574
- Cited by
- 435
- References
- 0
- FWCI
- 28.85
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
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