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Psychosomatic Medicine, Vol 48, Issue 6 415-422, Copyright © 1986 by American Psychosomatic Society

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The symptoms of bulimia and the menstrual cycle

GR Leon, PW Phelan, JT Kelly and SR Patten

A group of 45 women meeting DSM-III diagnostic criteria for bulimia were followed for a 9-week period to assess a possible relationship between a premenstrual syndrome and exacerbations of binging and other eating problem behaviors. A possible interface with a cyclothymic behavior disorder was also evaluated. The results of the daily recording (with subjects blind to the study hypotheses) identified eight women with a premenstrual pattern, but these changes in mood and physical complaints were unrelated to changes in food consumption. A cyclothymic behavior pattern was found in 10 women (22.2%), with a relatively earlier age of onset of bulimia in this group.




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