Undiagnosed vomiting in an older woman: unsuspected bulimia
- 1 July 1984
- journal article
- case report
- Published by American Psychiatric Association Publishing in American Journal of Psychiatry
- Vol. 141 (7) , 902-903
- https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.141.7.902
Abstract
Bulimia, believed to occur primarily in young women, is rarely suspected in older individuals. The authors report on a 56-year-old woman with rapid cycling bipolar disorder, whose unexplained vomiting proved attributable to bulimia.Keywords
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