Department of Psychiatry Shree Guru Gobind Singh
Tricentary University, Gurugram, Haryana, India
Corresponding author email: niyatisheokand@gmail.com
Article Publishing History
Received: 15/05/2021
Accepted After Revision: 19/07/2021
Bulimia Nervosa (BN) is a complicated eating ailment involves starving and consuming a lot of food. BNis a psychiatric eating ailment. Patient suffering from Bulimia Nervosa plans to follow a strict diet, under starving condition person starts binge eating. Binge eating makes the person feel guilty about eating. The feeling of guilt increases to an extent, results in person to self-induce vomiting and follow other ways to get rid of calories consumed by binge eating. As a psychiatric and eating disorder the treatment is very difficult. Difficulty in treating patient may be because of trust issue, depression, comorbidity, personality disorder and many other things. Treatment of Bulimia Nervosa by providing medications involving antidepressant, is solely not effective. A combination of healthy diet containing food rich in nutrients required to reverse the condition is suggested although more clinical studies are required to be conducted.
Binge, Bulimia Nervosa,Purge, Serotonin.