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ERIC Number: EJ698344
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2004-Mar-22
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The Continuum Versus Categorical Debate on Eating Disorders: Implications for Counselors
Perosa, Linda M.; Perosa, Sandra L.
Journal of Counseling and Development, v82 n2 p203 Spr 2004
The authors summarize a study by D. A. Williamson et al. (2002) in which clinical groups with anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa, eating disorder not otherwise specified, and binge eating disorder were contrasted with nonclinical groups of participants (i.e., obese and normal weight). The eating disorder groups were qualitatively different. Also, bulimia nervosa, purging and nonpurging types, may fall on a continuum of pathology with the binge-eating, purging type of anorexia. Anorexia nervosa, restricting type, may be distinct from bulimia nervosa, purging and nonpurging types, and the binge-eating, purging type of anorexia.
Descriptors: Pathology, Eating Disorders
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - General
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Language: English
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