What is meant by the term "binge"?
- 1 January 1992
- journal article
- Published by American Psychiatric Association Publishing in American Journal of Psychiatry
- Vol. 149 (1) , 123-124
- https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.149.1.123
Abstract
Systematic examination of the use of the word "binge" by 243 young women revealed discrepancies between the lay and technical uses of the term; the young women placed great emphasis on loss of control and less on the quantity eaten. These discrepancies indicate that the term "binge" should be clearly defined in clinical practice.Keywords
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