The University of Chicago and Stanford University are teaming up to conduct the largest treatment study to date on adolescent bulimia, and they are looking for participants.

A post on the Chicago Sun-Times website provided the following details about the research effort:

• The goal of the study is to determine which of three outpatient treatments is most effective for adolescents: family-based treatment, cognitive-behavioral treatment or supportive psychotherapy.
  
• Each site will recruit 79 participants who will receive free treatment using one of the three methods.
• For more information or to participate, contact study coordinator Lisa Brownstone at 773-834-5677 or e-mail bulimia@yoda.bsd.uchicago.edu.

Bulimia is a dangerous, and potentially life-threatening, eating disorder. Bulimics feel compelled to purge themselves of any food they eat by inducing vomiting, abusing laxatives, or exercising excessively.

The disorder has been associated with a variety of damaging effects, including abnormal heart rhythm, tooth decay and loss of menstruation.

Labels: bulimia, research

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