Treat Bulimia With Talk Therapy

November 2, 2009
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There have been many reports of celebrities suffering from bulimia, but what we don’t know is that there is actually a high incident too of bulimic ordinary people. This new research might give some light on how talk therapy can help patients who are suffering from the eating disorder.

Bulimia is a disorder where a person binge and purge. It is often unnoticed and undiagnosed because sufferers may actually be of normal weight.

This new research from Dr. Phillipa P. J. Hay of the University of Western Sydney in Australia looked into a number of bulimic patients who were involved in a range of psychotherapies. They found that “37% of patients treated…

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Anorexia And Bulimia Increasing In Middle-Aged Women

July 23, 2009
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Eating disorders are most commonly associated with teenagers (what with the constant reminder for us to be model-thins, I doubt if you’re not somehow affected by it), but recent studies are finding out that anorexia and bulimia are becoming more and more common in middle-aged people.

“[The] Remuda Ranch Treatment Programs in Wickenburg, Ariz … had a 400 percent increase in admissions of patients 40 and older since the late 1990s,” the New York Times was quoted.

The cause probably comes from the fact that middle-aged persons with eating disorders took long enough to discover their illnesses. But researchers are also saying that the obsession to be thin is also what’s causing…

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