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Bulimia Nervosa
Offering compassionate, individualized
bulimia treatment in Indiana
What Is Bulimia Nervosa?
Bulimia nervosa is a serious mental health disorder that requires comprehensive treatment at a professional treatment center like Selah House.
According to the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fifth Edition (DSM-5), the following symptoms are present in almost all diagnosed bulimia cases:
- Recurrent episodes of binge eating, characterized by eating large amounts of food in a short period
- A sense of loss of control overeating behaviors
- Use of inappropriate, compensatory behaviors, such as self-induced vomiting, laxative, or diuretic abuse, fasting, and obsessive exercise
- Binge eating and compensatory behaviors that occur at least once a week for three months
- Self-evaluation is inappropriately influenced by the person’s weight and shape
- The disturbance does not occur exclusively during episodes of anorexia nervosa
Overview of Bulimia Nervosa
Types of Bulimia Nervosa + Criteria
Purging type – An individual suffering from the purging type of bulimia regularly engages in self-induced vomiting or the misuse of laxatives, diuretics, or enemas.
Non-purging type – An individual suffering from the non-purging type of bulimia regularly uses inappropriate compensatory behaviors, such as fasting or excessive exercise without purging behaviors.
Common Symptoms + Health Risks
Some common bulimia symptoms that we see at Selah House include:
- Excessive concern about weight
- Strict dieting followed by eating binges (diet – binge – purge cycles)
- Frequent overeating, especially when distressed
- Binging on high calorie, sweet foods
- Use of laxatives, diuretics, strict dieting, vigorous exercise, and/or vomiting to control weight
- Leaving for the bathroom after meals and excessive requirements for privacy in bedroom or bathroom
- Being secretive about food/binges/vomiting
- Feeling out of control
- Impulse control problems in other areas
- Swollen neck glands or frequent sore throat
- Unusual or frequent dental problems
- Repeated excuses for not eating at regular meals with family and friends
- Electrolyte imbalance
- Irregular heart rhythms
- Suicide
Bulimia Nervosa Treatment Programs
The experienced and compassionate clinicians at Selah House have extensive experience in treating bulimia. We work closely with each client to create an individualized treatment plan to ensure sustained recovery. Each client plays a vital role in helping to set realistic treatment goals that will address the underlying issues of their bulimia.
How We Treat
The treatment of bulimia nervosa is complex and multi-layered. However, bulimia recovery is possible. As part of our bulimia treatment programs, some of the bulimia therapy modalities that our clinicians utilize include:
Our Levels of Care
Help for bulimia is only a call away. For more information about our bulimia nervosa treatment in Indiana, contact our compassionate admissions team today or call 765.442.3551 to learn more.
