Comorbid bulimia nervosa and schizophrenia

Article Abstract:

Four case reports involving women with schizophrenia and eating-disordered behaviors were reviewed to examine the comorbidity of schizophrenia and bulimia nervosa and its clinical implications. The first case involved a woman who suffered from bulimia prior to the onset of schizophrenia, while the second and third cases describe bulimic behavior that interacts with psychotic symptoms. The fourth case involves a woman whose bulimic symptoms are responsive to psychosis. Results indicate that it is possible for bulimia nervosa and schizophrenia to coexist in a complex and interactive manner.

Schizophrenia

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Binge eating before the onset of dieting: A distinct subgroup of bulimia nervosa?

Article Abstract:

Bulimia nervosa was believed to develop from a period of sustained dieting, followed by binge eating, although in some the onset of symptoms does not follow dieting. The history and symptomatology of bulimics who binge eat first were compared with those who diet first. The results suggested that there are two distinct subgroups of individuals with purging bulimia nervosa. The group who began binge eating before dieting had an earlier age of onset of symptoms, but they retain characteristics resembling those with binge eating disorder.

Reducing diets, Eating disorders

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Fasting and postprandial cerebrospinal fluid glucose concentrations in healthy women and in an obese binge eater

Article Abstract:

The postprandial cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) glucose concentration remains unchanged in the obese patient with binge eating disorder and bipolar depression studied after consumption of a glucose-rich, mixed liquid meal. The fasting serum glucose level is normal and fasting CSF glucose concentration is lower in the bulimic patient than in normal women. The low level of postprandial passage of glucose in the central nervous system may lead to the binge eating.

Analysis, Observations, Glucose metabolism, Cerebrospinal fluid

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