BULIMIA Eating disorders are devastating behavioral maladies brought on by a complex interplay of factors, which may include emotional and personality disorders, family pressure, a possible genetic or biologic susceptibility, and a culture in which there is an overabundance of food and an obsession with thinness. Eating disorder also may be defined, as self-abuse. Two of these disorders, anorexia and bulimia, result from the fear or overeating and of gaining weight. This paper talks about …
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…Prozac, Paxil, Zoloft, Effexor, Remeron, Wellbutrin, Luvox, Lithium, Desipramine, Imipramine, Xanax, and Naltrexone. Bibliography Works Cited American Psychiatric Association. Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fourth Edition. Washington, DC, American Psychiatric Association. 1994, 544-547. Mitchell, James E. Bulimia Nervosa. Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, C 1990, 27-32. S. W. Touyz and P.J.V. Beumont. Eating Disorders: Prevalence and Treatment. Sidney; Baltimore: Williams and Wilkins, c 1985, 80-92. Http://gilligan.mc.duke.edu/h-devil/emotion/bulimia.html