Bulimia nervosa, binge eating, and psychogenic vomiting: a controlled treatment study and long term outcome.

Lacey, J. Hubert

doi:10.1136/bmj.286.6378.1609

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“…Short term haematinic replacement therapy has so far been successful but the patient's diet since discharge from hospital appears not to have markedly improved, which may be a worrying feature since some (Russell, 1979;Harris, 1983) hold that the long term prognosis may be less favourable than anorexia nervosa, although this has been disputed by Lacey (1983).…”

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confidence: 94%

A patient with bulimia nervosa and profound folate deficiency

Eedy¹,

Curran²,

Andrews³

1986

Postgraduate Medical Journal

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A patient with bulimia nervosa and profound folate deficiency

Eedy¹,

Curran²,

Andrews³

1986

Postgraduate Medical Journal

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“…Evidence suggests that those who have experienced failure in prior treatment may not be viable candidates for brief treatment (Lacey, 1983). Maddocks and Kaplan (1991) concluded that those with prior history of treatment did better in an intensive program, such as one that may include hospitalization and more frequent counseling and treatment spanning a longer period of time.…”

Section: Behavioral Symptomsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Client Pretreatment Characteristics as Predictors of Outcome in Brief Therapy for Bulimia

Guiffrida

Barnes

Hoskins

et al. 2001

J of College Counseling

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“…Four studies (13,16,32,50) found greater severity to be a significant predictor of poor outcome, while several others (8,9,14,17,20,48,51,59) found severity to be unassociated with outcome. Studies reporting no association had a lower mean ascertainment rate than studies reporting a significant association (table 3).…”

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confidence: 99%

Outcome in bulimia nervosa

1997

AJP

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A lthough binge eating and purging were observed in women with anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa is a relatively recent addition to the medical literature, having been first described in 1979 (1). Consistent with the negative impact that binge eating and purging were observed to have on anorectic patients' outcome (2), bulimia nervosa was termed "an ominous variant of anorexia nervosa." This dire description was tempered with the recognition that "only a brief comment on the prognosis of bulimia nervosa is appropriate, for long-term follow-up studies have not been undertaken" (1). Now, more than 15 years later, little additional information seems available. A single study of 44 women diagnosed with bulimia nervosa 10 years earlier (3) provides the only available data on long-term outcome. Indeed, DSM-IV states, "The long-term outcome of Bulimia Nervosa is not known."Comparing and summarizing results across those outcome studies which do exist are complicated by methodological differences among and within studies. For example, one study (4) employed four different measures of eating disorder outcome in order to attribute differences in recovery estimates to the impact of assessment methods. That study found that the range of those considered recovered was 29% to 42%. Thus, inconsistent findings across studies may be partially attributed to differences in methods of assessment, as well as sample characteristics, definitions of terms, and ascertainment rates.The limited availability and comparability of research findings leave the following questions largely unanswered: What is the long-term physical, psychological, and psychosocial outcome among women diagnosed with bulimia nervosa? What percentage of women re-

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Bulimia nervosa, binge eating, and psychogenic vomiting: a controlled treatment study and long term outcome.

Cited by 243 publications

References 12 publications

A patient with bulimia nervosa and profound folate deficiency

A patient with bulimia nervosa and profound folate deficiency

Client Pretreatment Characteristics as Predictors of Outcome in Brief Therapy for Bulimia

Outcome in bulimia nervosa

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