Am J Psychiatry 1988; 145:1287-1288
Copyright © 1988 by American Psychiatric Association
Pattern of onset of bulimic symptoms in anorexia nervosa
JA Kassett, HE Gwirtsman, WH Kaye, HA Brandt and DC Jimerson
Laboratory of Clinical Science, NIMH, Bethesda, MD 20892.
Among patients with anorexia nervosa in a research program, the proportion
of those who had developed bulimia before anorexia increased between 1976
and 1987. These preliminary results may reflect a new symptom pattern with
important clinical and research implications.
