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To determine whether the nonpurging subtype of bulimia nervosa (BN-NP) more closely resembles the purging subtype (BN-P) or binge eating disorder (BED) regarding clinical features, symptomatology, and Axis I comorbidities.

November 26, 2013International Journal of Eating Disorders

Bulimia nervosa‐nonpurging subtype: Closer to the bulimia nervosa‐purging subtype or to binge eating disorder?

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JJJennifer JordanCanterbury Health Laboratories VMVirginia V. W. McIntoshUniversity of Canterbury JCJanet D. CarterUniversity of Canterbury

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Cross-sectional analysis finds nonpurging bulimia nervosa displays intermediate features between purging bulimia and binge eating disorder, supporting its bulimia classification.

Key Points

To determine whether the nonpurging subtype of bulimia nervosa (BN-NP) more closely resembles the purging subtype (BN-P) or binge eating disorder (BED) regarding clinical features, symptomatology, and Axis I comorbidities.
Baseline assessment of women seeking outpatient psychotherapy for binge eating, categorized into BN-P (n = 29), BN-NP (n = 29), and BED (n = 54).
Evaluations administered included the Structured Clinical Interviews for DSM-IV, Eating Disorder Examination, and Eating Disorder Inventory-2.
BN-NP presented with intermediate BMI between BN-P and BED, whereas both BN subtypes exhibited higher Restraint and Drive for Thinness scores than the BED group.
Body dissatisfaction peaked in BN-NP and predicted BN-NP status over BN-P; higher dietary restraint and lower BMI predicted BN-NP relative to BED.
BN-NP resembled BED in having higher lifetime BMIs and greater utilization of weight-loss clinics than eating disorder clinics compared to BN-P; lifetime cannabis use disorder was significantly higher in BN-NP than BN-P.

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Jordan et al. (2013) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a79bdd914b028facf0df5c8 https://doi.org/10.1002/eat.22218

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November 26, 2013International Journal of Eating Disorders

Bulimia nervosa‐nonpurging subtype: Closer to the bulimia nervosa‐purging subtype or to binge eating disorder?

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Authors

JJJennifer JordanCanterbury Health Laboratories VMVirginia V. W. McIntoshUniversity of Canterbury JCJanet D. CarterUniversity of Canterbury

Discussion

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Overview

Cross-sectional analysis finds nonpurging bulimia nervosa displays intermediate features between purging bulimia and binge eating disorder, supporting its bulimia classification.

Key Points

To determine whether the nonpurging subtype of bulimia nervosa (BN-NP) more closely resembles the purging subtype (BN-P) or binge eating disorder (BED) regarding clinical features, symptomatology, and Axis I comorbidities.
Baseline assessment of women seeking outpatient psychotherapy for binge eating, categorized into BN-P (n = 29), BN-NP (n = 29), and BED (n = 54).
Evaluations administered included the Structured Clinical Interviews for DSM-IV, Eating Disorder Examination, and Eating Disorder Inventory-2.
BN-NP presented with intermediate BMI between BN-P and BED, whereas both BN subtypes exhibited higher Restraint and Drive for Thinness scores than the BED group.
Body dissatisfaction peaked in BN-NP and predicted BN-NP status over BN-P; higher dietary restraint and lower BMI predicted BN-NP relative to BED.
BN-NP resembled BED in having higher lifetime BMIs and greater utilization of weight-loss clinics than eating disorder clinics compared to BN-P; lifetime cannabis use disorder was significantly higher in BN-NP than BN-P.

Cite This Study

Jordan et al. (2013) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a79bdd914b028facf0df5c8 https://doi.org/10.1002/eat.22218

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