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Day # 146: Bulimia Nervosa Part 1

Bullet Psych

Today we will continue our current theme of eating disorders. Today's Content Level: Beginner and Intermediate Introduction 1 Bulimia nervosa (BN) is an eating disorder characterized by recurrent binge eating combined with behaviors intended to counteract the weight gain. Today's topic is bulimia nervosa.

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Day # 147: Bulimia Nervosa Part 2

Bullet Psych

Today we will continue our current theme of eating disorders as we discuss bulimia nervosa. Today's Content Level: Intermediate Clinical Pearls 1 , 2 , 3 , 4 History : Bulimia nervosa (BN) is an eating disorder characterized by recurrent binge eating combined with behaviors intended to counteract the weight gain (purging).

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Branding Diseases—How Drug Companies Market Psychiatric Conditions: An Interview with Ray Moynihan

Mad in America

I started writing books. My first book was called ‘ Too Much Medicine. ’ I got a Harkness Fellowship and went to Harvard to study this more. Dhar: Is this what inspired you to create the “documentary” for ‘Motivational Deficiency Disorder’ and the April Fool piece in BMJ along with it? We investigated social anxiety disorder.