Beating bulimia
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Bristol Eating Disorder Team, England conducted a group therapy session for women with bulimia. Six women undertook to attend 90 minute weekly sessions for 13 weeks. Sessions covered education, stress, relationships, feelings and self-awareness. Clients recorded eating patterns, purging and personal reactions. One woman failed to complete the course but five indicated positve benefits. Bingeing and vomiting were greatly reduced and all began eating regular meals. Most valued the educational aspect of the course and considered the binge diary very helpful. The group provided much-needed support.
Publication Name: Nursing Times
Subject: Health
ISSN: 0954-7762
Year: 1992
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In search of perfection: the complex nature of bulimia nervosa has led to the development of various treatments
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Bulimia nervosa is characterized by binge eating followed by self-induced vomiting and the eating disorder affects mainly white females in their teens and mid-20s. People with the disorder are usually concerned about body shape and weight and tend to have low self-esteem. Treatment is best undertaken on an out patient basis and cognitive-behavioural therapy aims to interrupt the cycle of binging and purging. Group, or psychodynamic treatment is also helpful, but many patients remain symptomatic at the end of treatment.
Publication Name: Nursing Times
Subject: Health
ISSN: 0954-7762
Year: 1997
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Beating the odds in liver disease: A properly considered nutritional regime is integral to the treatment of liver disease
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Nutritional intervention in liver disease aims to prevent or treat malnutrition. Protein-energy malnutrition (PEM) can occur in 20% of patients with compensated cirrhosis. Anthropometry is an accurate method of assessment and the results are shown as percentiles of age and sex matched healthy people. Patients generally tolerate nutrition through oral or enteral routes.
Publication Name: Nursing Times
Subject: Health
ISSN: 0954-7762
Year: 1998
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