Bulimia

This guide is an introductory list to help locate research materials at the Rowland Medical Library.  Bulimia is an eating disorder characterized by binge eating (consumption of a large amount of food in a short time), followed by attempts to prevent weight gain by extreme dieting, vomiting, laxative and diuretic misuse, and/or excessive exercise. Patients also have a characteristic over concern about body weight and shape. The disorder was first described and included in the classification of diseases only 20 years ago.

Guides / Handbooks, encyclopedias, dictionaries / Selected textbooks / More books / Selected journals / More journals / Selected indexes and abstracts / Selected journal articles / More reference sources / Specialized sources / Selected electronic sources

Guides

American Psychiatric Association. Diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders DSM-IV-TR, 4th ed.    p.589-594.
        REF WM 15 D53 2000

Handbooks, encyclopedias, dictionaries

Fairburn, Christopher and  Kelly Brownell (eds.).  Eating disorders and obesity: a comprehensive handbook. , 2nd ed.
        WM 175 E272 2002

Garner, David M. and Paul E. Garfinkel (eds.). Handbook of treatment for eating disorders.
        WM 175 H262 1997

Sadler, Michele J. Encyclopedia of human nutrition. v. 2, p.623-630.
        REF QU E629 1999

Friedman, Howard S. (ed).  Encyclopedia of mental health
        REF WM 13 M467 1998

Selected textbooks

Michel, Deborah M.   When dieting becomes dangerous : a guide to understanding and treating anorexia and bulimia.
        CONSUMER HEALTH WM 175 M423 2003

Miller, Katherine J. and J. Scott Mizes (eds.).  Comparative treatments for eating disorders.
        WM 175 C657 2000

Tobin, David L. Coping strategies therapy for bulimia nervosa.
        WM 175 T624 2000

Boskind-White, Marlene and William C. White, Jr.  Bulimia/anorexia : the binge/purge cycle and self-starvation, 3rd ed.
       WM 175 B674 2000

Crowther, Janis H., et al (eds.).  The etiology of bulimia nervosa : the individual and familial context.
        WM 175 E746 1990

Hudson, James I. and  Harrison G. Pope, Jr. (eds.).  The psychobiology of bulimia.
       WM 175 P79b 1986

Matthews, Dawn. Eating disorders sourcebook: basic consumer health.
        CONSUMER HEALTH WM 34 E274 2001

More books

Search RoMeO Public Access Catalog

Suggested subject headings: Bulimia
Eating Disorders
Appetite Disorders
Body Image
Body Weight
Obesity

Selected journals

More journals

Search RoMeO Public Access Catalog

Suggested subject headings: Appetite Disorders- Periodicals
Adolescent Psychiatry  - Periodicals
Psychiatry  - Periodicals
Nutrition - Periodicals
Diet - Periodicals
Food - Periodicals

Selected indexes and abstracts

MEDLINE Database  (off-campus login required)

Suggested subject headings: Bulimia
Eating Disorders
Appetite Disorders
Body Image
Body Weight
Self-Concept
Obesity

Academic Search Premier  (off-campus login required)

Search using keywords: Bulimia
Eating Disorders
Compulsive Eating
Body Image
Reducing Diets
Obesity
Hunger

PsychINFO Database  (off-campus login required)

Suggested Subject headings: Bulimia
Binge Eating
Eating Disorders
Obesity
Appetite
Eating Attitudes
Nutrition
Diets

Selected journal articles

Lilly RZ. Bulimia nervosa. BMJ.  2003 Aug 16;327(7411):380-1.

Orbanic S. Understanding bulimia: signs, symptoms, and the human experience. American Journal of Nursing. 2001 Mar; 101(3):35-42.

Kaltiala-Heino R, et. al. Bulimia and bulimic behaviour in middle adolescence: more common than thought?.  Acta Psychiatric Scandinavica. 1999 Jul; 100(1):33-9.

Stice, E. Clinical implications of psychosocial research on bulimia nervosa and binge-eating disorders.  Journal of Clinical Psychology. 1999 Jun; 55(6):675-83.

Keel, PK, et al. Long-term outcome of bulimia nervosa.  Archives of General Psychiatry. 1999 Jan; 56(1):63-9.

More reference sources

Andersen, Arnold E. (ed.).  Males with eating disorders.
        WM 175 M143 1990

Cash, Thomas and Thomas Pruzinsky (eds.).  Body image: a handbook of theory, research, and clinical practice.
        WM 190 B629 2002

Thompson, J. Kevin and Linda Smolak (eds.).  Body image, eating disorders, and obesity in youth: assessment, prevention, and treatment.
        WS 130 B629 2001

Boskind-White, Marlene and William C. White, Jr.  Bulimia/anorexia : the binge/purge cycle and self-starvation, 3rd ed.
       WM 175 B674 2000

Palmer, Robert.  Helping people with eating disorders: a clinical guide to assessment and treatment.
        WM 175 P145 2000

Fairburn, Christopher G., et al (eds.).  Binge eating: nature, assessment, and treatment.
        WM 175 B563 1993

Specialized sources

Anorexia and bulimia.
        AUDIOVISUALS WM 175 A568 1996

Eating disorders: when food hurts.
        AUDIOVISUALS WM 175 E174 1996

Department of Psychiatry.  601-984-5805.
        University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson       

Selected electronic sources

National Eating Disorders Association
http://www.nationaleatingdisorders.org

MEDLINEplus: Eating Disorders
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/eatingdisorders.html

National Institute of Mental Health /  Eating Disorders
http://www.nimh.nih.gov/Publicat/eatingdisorders.cfm

Harvard Eating Disorders Center
http://www.hedc.org

Author:  Sarah Adcock
Copyright 2002, Revised 2004 Reference Department
Rowland Medical Library, University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson
Last Updated: June 7, 2004