Bulimia nervosa risk factors

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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief:

Overview

Risk Factors

Risk factors for bulimia nervosa include:

  • Childhood obesity
  • Childhood sexual or physical abuse
  • Depressive symptoms
  • Early pubertal maturation
  • Genetic predisposition
  • Internalization of a thin body ideal
  • Low self-esteem
  • Over anxious disorder of childhood
  • Social anxiety disorder
  • Weight concerns[1]

The groups listed below are considered to be at the highest risk:

  • Those of age 10 through to 25 (though typically bulimia tends to start in late teens or early 20s)
  • Athletes [2]
  • Those with/with a history of anorexia[3]
  • Students who are under heavy workloads
  • Those who have suffered traumatic events in their lifetime such as child abuse and sexual abuse
  • People raised in dysfunctional families
  • Those positioned higher on the socioeconomic scale
  • The highly intelligent and/or high-achievers[4]
  • Perfectionists

References

  1. Diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders : DSM-5. Washington, D.C: American Psychiatric Association. 2013. ISBN 0890425558.
  2. http://www.emedicine.com/ped/topic298.htm
  3. http://www.nami.org/Template.cfm?Section=By_Illness&template=/ContentManagement/ContentDisplay.cfm&ContentID=7638
  4. http://www.mamashealth.com/eat/bulimia.asp