NERVOUS BULIMIA: THE DISEASE OF THE CENTURY

Abstract

Introduction: Currently, slim body images are increasingly worshiped by the mass media. Patients with bulimia nervosa (BN) present a series of psychological assumptions and develop radical attitudes based on the idea that being thin is one of the shortest paths to achieving happiness and emotional security. Bulimic episodes are identified by binge eating and inadequate compensatory methods for weight control. Objective: To describe psycho-behavioral tests of women suffering from bulimia nervosa. Methodology: This study is characterized as a reflective research, with publications from 2004 to 2013. A thorough and comprehensive reading of academic articles related to the subject studied was carried out. The research strategy was defined by some theoretical references and psychological and neurological relationships that guided the construction of this summary. Results: Distinguishing that bulimia nervosa goes far beyond trying to show those who suffer from this disease that what they are feeling is not real. The obsession with what they consider the perfect body makes them always feel overweight, even though they are already severely malnourished and thin. Final Considerations: Therefore, a psychological support that reduces cognitive distortion and the intense fear of gaining weight is extremely necessary. This disorder is rarely cured only with dietary changes, it is considered the psychiatric disorder that sickens and kills people, so neuroscience needs to unravel the biological causes behind bulimia.

Keywords: Nervous bulimia. Eating disorder. Psychological treatment.