Bulimia | Testimony of a Recovered Female Bulimic
Sandy Fertman contributes to Teen Magazine, from which this article is taken.
Summary: The author relates the story of an anonymous recovered bulimic whom she calls Kelly. Kelly’s bout with bulimia started when she was a teen. Eating, bingeing, and disgorging were her ways of compensating for her lack of self-esteem. On one particular occasion, she suffered a massive loss of body liquid, and as a result Kelly had a heart attack. After hospitalization, Kelly started to seek professional help. However, it was not until her third heart attack that...
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Table of Contents
- Bulimia Nervosa: An Overview
- Testimony of a Recovered Female Bulimic
- Bulimia in Older Women
- Men Are Becoming More Vulnerable to Bulimia
- Adolescence: Setting the Stage for Eating Disorders
- Bulimia May Be Linked to Sexual Abuse
- Bingeing and Dieting as Methods of Coping with Pain
- Bulimia Is on the Rise Among Nonwhite Populations
- Current Approaches to Treating Bulimia
- The Role of Parents in a Child’s Recovery
- Organizations to Contact
- Bibliography
- Copyright
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