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The Prevalence of Bulimia Nervosa

A Replication Study

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

Peter J. Cooper ,
Deborah J. Charnock  and
Melanie J. Taylor
Peter J. Cooper*
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry, University of Cambridge
Deborah J. Charnock
Affiliation:
Department of Experimental Psychology, University of Cambridge
Melanie J. Taylor
Affiliation:
Department of Experimental Psychology, University of Cambridge
*
∗University of Cambridge, Addenbrooke's Hospital, Cambridge CB2 2QQ
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Abstract

There have been reports of a high prevalence of bulimic episodes and the syndromes of bulimia nervosa and DSM-III bulimia in community samples. A group of American authors recently compared the findings of a contemporary survey with those of a survey they had conducted previously and reported a three-fold increase in the prevalence of DSM-III bulimia. The present study replicates a community survey conducted four years ago in Britain. The prevalence of bulimic episodes, self-induced vomiting and bulimia nervosa found in the present survey was very similar to that found in the earlier study.

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The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 151 , Issue 5 , November 1987 , pp. 684 - 686
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Copyright © 1987 The Royal College of Psychiatrists 

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