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Reprinted with permission from the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fourth Edition, Text Revision. Copyright © 2000 American Psychiatric Association.
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307.51 Bulimia Nervosa (continued)
Subtypes
The following subtypes can be used to specify the presence or absence of regular use of purging methods as a means to compensate for the binge eating:
Purging Type. This subtype describes presentations in which the person has regularly engaged in self-induced vomiting or the misuse of laxatives, diuretics, or enemas during the current episode.
Nonpurging Type. This subtype describes presentations in which the personas used other inappropriate compensatory behaviors, such as fasting or excessive exercise, but has not regularly engaged in self-induced vomiting or the misuse of laxatives, diuretics, or enemas during the current episode.
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