Relationship of mood alterations to bingeing behaviour in bulimia.
Twelve women with bulimia participated in a study in which they binged and vomited on the day after hospital admission. Caloric intake, time spent bingeing and vomiting, and self-reported mood ratings demonstrated much variation from subject to subject. Both subjective and objective ratings of mood indicated that anxiety decreased more frequently and to a greater extent than depression, both during and after bingeing and vomiting. The present data, obtained in a controlled setting, tend to confirm previous information on binge episodes obtained by self-report from bulimic patients. Bingeing and vomiting episodes may provide bulimic patients with a physiological mechanism for temporarily relieving a dysphoric mood state.
D000328:Adult; D000342:Affective Symptoms / Q000523:psychology*; D002032:Bulimia / Q000523:psychology*; D003863:Depression; D002149:Energy Intake; D005247:Feeding Behavior; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D011569:Psychiatric Status Rating Scales; D013997:Time Factors; D014839:Vomiting / Q000209:etiology