Early interpersonal traumata (related to such experiences as childhood physical or sexual
abuse) are disturbingly common in individuals with bulimia-spectrum disorders (BSDs) …

OBJECTIVE: We explored interaction effects involving polymorphisms of targeted dopamine
system genes and selected forms of childhood abuse (sexual, physical and emotional) …

There is no single etiology or basis for any of the eating disorders, including bulimia
nervosa, but similar to other mental disorders, bulimia results from the dynamic interplay …

Eating disorders are serious, potentially life-threatening psychiatric disorders associated
with a variety of negative medical, social, and psychological consequences. Comorbid …

Individuals with bulimia nervosa report elevated rates of childhood maltreatment, which
appears to increase risk for co-occurring substance use problems and negatively impact …

Objectives: To review the main phenomenological variants observed among bulimia
spectrum syndromes and the factors believed to act etiologically for them and also to …

Brings together the works of scholars whose research focuses on individual or familial
characteristics that might be precursors to bulimia nervosa. Topics include the epidemiology …

The present study identified 90 women with bulimic tendencies through a screening device
administered to 482 undergraduate women at a large public university in the midwest. Fifty …

Research on the etiology of eating disorders has lagged behind other areas of psychiatry, in
part due to the imminent plausibility of sociocultural theories about the illness. Perhaps more …

Reports an error in" Prospective Relations Between Bulimic Pathology, Depression, and
Substance Abuse: Unpacking Comorbidity in Adolescent Girls" by Eric Stice, Emily M. Burton …