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Bulimia Nervosa
The cycle is not a failure of willpower; it is a cycle that the restraint made inevitable.
Bulimia runs through a mechanism Stice demonstrated prospectively: thin-ideal internalization produces body dissatisfaction, body dissatisfaction produces dietary restraint, restraint destabilizes and produces the binge, the binge triggers the purge. Fairburn's transdiagnostic model names over-evaluation of shape and weight as the maintaining core. CBT-E has the strongest evidence; the work targets the restraint and the over-evaluation, not only the binge-purge behavior. This hub is being built out; the EDFE identifies which specific pattern you are carrying.
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EDFE
The EDFE uses EDE-QS for severity (including binge and purge frequency) and maps whether your pattern is primarily classical bulimic (Shape-primary with binge and purge) or affect-regulation driven (Escape-primary with binge and purge). The archetype points to the right treatment.
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Bulimia so often co-occurs with depression that screening mood alongside the EDFE sharpens the clinical picture. Treating only the ED without addressing depression is a common source of relapse.
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Purge behaviors can produce medical complications that require monitoring regardless of weight status. If you are purging regularly, a medical evaluation should come alongside psychotherapy. A consultation can help coordinate the right level of care.
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