The British Journal of Psychiatry 150: 25-29 (1987)
© 1987 The Royal College of Psychiatrists
Physical and psychological characteristics of five male bulimics
JD Turnbull, CP Freeman, F Barry and A Annandale
Leeds General Infirmary.
The case histories of five men who met DSM-III criteria for bulimia and
details of their physical characteristics are given. Various eating
disorder questionnaires were administered and the results indicated that
most of these instruments would not have identified the men as suffering
from an eating disorder. The necessity of caution in asserting the
prevalence of bulimia using these measures is emphasised.