Bulimia in the adolescent
D. B. Herzog
Bulimia, a recently acknowledged psychiatric diagnosis, has not been
reported in the pediatric literature, to the best of our knowledge. This
omission is regrettable in light of the confirmed frequency of disease
onset during adolescence. We report clinical and demographic data from the
first eight bulimic adolescents seen at an outpatient eating disorders
unit. The frequently chronic course and associated physical consequences
make diagnosis and early intervention necessary. A relationship between
bulimia and depressive illness may exist.