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Bulimia: Sign, symptom, or entity. A survey of three professional populations
Author(s) -
Vincent Stephen,
Kaczkowski Henry
Publication year - 1984
Publication title -
international journal of eating disorders
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.785
H-Index - 138
eISSN - 1098-108X
pISSN - 0276-3478
DOI - 10.1002/1098-108x(198424)3:2<81::aid-eat2260030208>3.0.co;2-u
Subject(s) - psychology , bulimia nervosa , multivariate analysis of variance , clinical psychology , psychiatry , etiology , eating disorders , machine learning , computer science
An 88‐item questionnaire was used to assess the perceptions of bulimia held by bariatricians, psychiatrists, and clinical psychologists. The questionnaire focused on such elements as etiology, diagnostic criteria, treatment procedures, and time spent with client. Although the three groups of clinicians had similar views on many facets of bulimia, 29 MANOVA comparisons were statistically significant. Approximately 75% of the respondents rejected the definition of bulimia found in DSM‐III, but accepted many of its diagnostic criteria. It was concluded that bulimia has not been clearly conceptualized as a specific eating disorder and that this factor affects how the clinicians diagnose and treat the problem.