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Mood changes and affective disorder in the bulimic binge—Purge cycle
Author(s) -
Cooper James L.,
Morrison Thomas L.,
Bigman Orin L.,
Abramowitz Stephen I.,
Levin Saul,
Krener Penelope
Publication year - 1988
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(198807)7:4<469::aid-eat2260070404>3.0.co;2-o
Subject(s) - purge , learned helplessness , psychology , mood , anger , panic , feeling , disgust , panic disorder , psychiatry , clinical psychology , anxiety , social psychology , political science , law
Mood changes over the bulimic binge–purge cycle were studied in retrospective questionnaire reports of patients, 16 with and 34 without concurrent affective disorder. Moods clearly differed over phases. Mood reports depicted the period between the binge and purge as most unpleasant, with low energy/excitement and security/relief and high panic/helplessness and guilt/disgust/anger. Feelings after the purge were relatively calm and pleasurable, with low panic/helplessness and excitement/energy and high security/relief. Patients with affective disorder did not differ from those without affective disorder in their mood changes during the cycle.