"Bulimia Nervosa" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
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An eating disorder that is characterized by a cycle of binge eating (BULIMIA or bingeing) followed by inappropriate acts (purging) to avert weight gain. Purging methods often include self-induced VOMITING, use of LAXATIVES or DIURETICS, excessive exercise, and FASTING.
| Descriptor ID |
D052018
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| MeSH Number(s) |
F03.400.250
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| 2006 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2007 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2008 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2009 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2011 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 2014 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2016 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2020 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Bulimia Nervosa" by people in Profiles.
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Separating the Signal from the Noise: How Psychiatric Diagnoses Can Help Discern Food Addiction from Dietary Restraint. Nutrients. 2020 Sep 25; 12(10).
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Patterns of expressed emotion in adolescent eating disorders. J Child Psychol Psychiatry. 2016 12; 57(12):1407-1413.
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Conceptualizing primary and secondary pathological exercise using available measures of excessive exercise. Int J Eat Disord. 2016 Aug; 49(8):778-92.
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The number of divergent purging behaviors is associated with histories of trauma, PTSD, and comorbidity in a national sample of women. Eat Disord. 2015; 23(5):422-9.
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A comparison of women with child-adolescent versus adult onset binge eating: results from the National Women's Study. Int J Eat Disord. 2014 Nov; 47(7):836-43.
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Weight-for-length trajectories in the first year of life in children of mothers with eating disorders in a large Norwegian Cohort. Int J Eat Disord. 2015 May; 48(4):406-14.
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Type 1 diabetes mellitus and mortality risk in patients with anorexia nervosa. Am J Psychiatry. 2014 Feb; 171(2):229.
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Treatment results of anorexia nervosa and bulimia nervosa in a residential treatment program. Eat Disord. 2011 Mar-Apr; 19(2):117-31.
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Long-term outcome of residential treatment for anorexia nervosa and bulimia nervosa. Eat Disord. 2011 Mar-Apr; 19(2):132-44.
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Seasonal patterns of birth for subjects with bulimia nervosa, binge eating, and purging: results from the National Women's Study. Int J Eat Disord. 2012 Jan; 45(1):131-4.