Bulimics and OCS. (Clinical Capsules).A significant proportion of bulimic bu·li·mi·a n. 1. An eating disorder, common especially among young women of normal or nearly normal weight, that is characterized by episodic binge eating and followed by feelings of guilt, depression, and self-condemnation. women and girls have comorbid obsessive-compulsive symptoms both related and unrelated to food, weight, or body issues, said Dr. Umberto Albert and his associates at the University of Turin The University of Turin (Italian Università degli Studi di Torino, UNITO) is a university in the city of Turin in the Piedmont region of north-western Italy. It has 12 faculties and 55 departments. , Italy. Current and lifetime obsessive-compulsive disorders obsessive-compulsive disorder Mental disorder in which an individual experiences obsessions or compulsions, either singly or together. An obsession is a persistent disturbing preoccupation with an unreasonable idea or feeling (such as of being contaminated through shaking of 38 female bulimia bulimia: see eating disorders. patients (mean age 28 years) were assessed using a structured clinical interview Obsessive-compulsive symptoms including aggression, contamination, washing, checking, and ordering occurred in 26% of the patients, while 11% met the diagnostic criteria for comorbid obsessive-compulsive disorders (Compr. Psychiatry 42[6]:456-60, 2001). The investigators also found a 16% prevalence of current sub-threshold obsessive-compulsive syndromes, suggesting that many bulimics suffer from obsessive-compulsive syndromes that aren't severe enough for a disorder diagnosis. In addition, bulimic patients with obsessive-compulsive symptoms also scored higher on an eating disorder eat·ing disorder n. Any of several patterns of severely disturbed eating behavior, especially anorexia nervosa and bulimia, seen mainly in female teenagers and young women. inventory scale than bulimics without such sympt oms. |
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