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Relationship of Mood Alterations to Bingeing Behaviour in Bulimia

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 January 2018

W. H. Kaye ,
H. E. Gwirtsman ,
D. T. George ,
S. R. Weiss  and
D. C. Jimerson
W. H. Kaye*
Affiliation:
Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic, 3811 O'Hara St, Pittsburgh, Pa. 15213, USA Formerly Staff Psychiatrist, Laboratory of Psychology and Psychopathology, National Institute of Mental Health, 10/4C-110, Bethesda, Maryland 20205, USA
H. E. Gwirtsman
Affiliation:
Section on Biomedical Psychiatry, Laboratory of Clinical Science, National Institute of Mental Health, 10/3S-231, Bethesda, Maryland 20205
D. T. George
Affiliation:
Section on Biomedical Psychiatry, Laboratory of Clinical Science, NIMH
S. R. Weiss
Affiliation:
Section on Biomedical Psychiatry, Laboratory of Clinical Science, NIMH
D. C. Jimerson
Affiliation:
Section on Biomedical Psychiatry, Laboratory of Clinical Science, NIMH
*
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Twelve women with bulimia participated in a study in which they binged and vomited on the day after hospital admission. Caloric intake, time spent bingeing and vomiting, and selfreported mood ratings demonstrated much variation from subject to subject. Both subjective and objective ratings of mood indicated that anxiety decreased more frequently and to a greater extent than depression, both during and after bingeing and vomiting. The present data, obtained in a controlled setting, tend to confirm previous information on binge episodes obtained by self-report from bulimic patients. Bingeing and vomiting episodes may provide bulimic patients with a physiological mechanism for temporarily relieving a dysphoric mood state.

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The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 149 , Issue 4 , October 1986 , pp. 479 - 485
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Copyright © 1986 The Royal College of Psychiatrists 

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