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Do Substance-Abuse, Including Alcoholism, and Bulimia Covary?

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Opioids, Bulimia, and Alcohol Abuse & Alcoholism

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Clinicians working with patients presenting eating disorders have long noticed that certain behaviors of this population resemble behaviors observed among substance-abusers. These behaviors involve the way in which individuals with eating disorders approach food and dieting. Some of the most common similarities between eating-disordered individuals and substance-abusers include the following:

  • apparent loss of control over eating and related activities;

  • a preoccupation with food, dieting, and purging;

  • an apparent use of food to cope with stress;

  • use of food and purging in secret; and,

  • presence of adverse social consequences from patterns of eating, dieting, and purging.

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Jonas, J.M. (1990). Do Substance-Abuse, Including Alcoholism, and Bulimia Covary?. In: Reid, L.D. (eds) Opioids, Bulimia, and Alcohol Abuse & Alcoholism. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-9000-8_14

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