Bulimia Nervosa Disorder

Bulimia Nervosa Disorder Bulimia Nervosa is an eating disorder described by the continuous cycle of eating a lot of food in a certain time frame and then participating in compensatory behaviors to “undo” the food that was just consumed. During a binge eating episode a person eats, as much food as they can and it usually takes around two hours to do so. After they eat, they compensate for the food that they just consumed by vomiting, misusing laxatives, enemas, fasting, or exercising unreasonably. Bulimia is most common in females: about “90-95% of cases”, and it often begins between adolescent years and young adulthood (Comer,2015). It often lasts for years. Individuals have bulimia because they are fearful of becoming obese, focused …show more content…
Bulimia is derived from the Greek word bous (ox) and limos (hunger), in ancient Greece it represented that a man was so hungry he had the capacity to eat an entire ox or consume as much as an ox (Parry-Jones, 1990). In ancient Greece, the word bulimia was used to indicate an unmatched state of hunger. Bulimia also came from various other words (medieval Latin word bulimus or the middle French word bolisme, meaning unquenchable appetite) (Parry-Jones, …show more content…
Treatment is problem oriented and focused mainly on the present and past, and the relationship with the therapist is essential. The cognitive-behavioral therapy has three stages, the first stage involves educating the individual about bulimia and the orientation of its treatment through cognitive-behavioral therapy(Wilson and Fairburn, 1993). The cognitive outlook of the maintenance and modification of the disorder is explained, and its importance to the individual’s current problems. The organization and goals of the treatment and outcomes that are expected to occur. Additionally, nutrition and regulation of weight information is discussed and the important of eliminating eating disorders (Wilson and Fairburn, 1993). Throughout this stage, the therapist is active in contributing advice and encouragement to the individual. Self-monitoring is used for tracking daily eating habits and evaluating situations that trigger binge eating and purging. For the first stage the ultimate goal is to have the individual eat three meals a day with healthy snacks. The second stage adds procedures for reducing dietary restraint and developing skills for resisting the urge to binge. In the third and final stage the attention is put on the use of relapse prevention strategies to ensure maintenance of change after treatment (Wilson and Fairburn,