title: Defining recovery in adult bulimia nervosa.
abstract: To examine how different definitions of recovery lead to varying rates of recovery, maintenance of recovery, and relapse in bulimia nervosa (BN), end-of-treatment (EOT) and follow-up data were obtained from 96 adults with BN. Combining behavioral, physical, and psychological criteria led to recovery rates between 15.5% and 34.4% at EOT, though relapse was approximately 50%. Combining these criteria and requiring abstinence from binge eating and purging when defining recovery may lead to lower recovery rates than those found in previous studies; however, a strength of this definition is that individuals who meet this criteria have no remaining disordered behaviors or symptoms.
authors.affiliation: a Department of Psychology, Rutgers , The State University of New Jersey , Piscataway , New Jersey , USA.
authors.forename: Jessica
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Yu
authors.forename: W Stewart
authors.initials: WS
authors.lastname: Agras
authors.forename: Susan
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Bryson
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002032:Bulimia / Q000523:psychology* / Q000628:therapy; D052018:Bulimia Nervosa / Q000523:psychology* / Q000628:therapy; D015928:Cognitive Behavioral Therapy; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D016014:Linear Models; D012008:Recurrence; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D016896:Treatment Outcome