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I'm often asked how one can distinguish between bulimia and purging or binge-purging anorexia nervosa?  What is the difference between them?

Many people say:  “I used to have anorexia and then I developed bulimia” or “She has anorexia and bulima, as well”. This is not accurate, and stems from a common misperception that purging (vomiting) means a patient is bulimic.

So why does it matter?  Diagnosis is important to get right and it matters as much as it matters to differentiate…

The other day a young patient of mine asked me “which is more important: psychological remission or physical remission?”  Of course she was asking because she wanted to know how she could get out of the DTU most quickly, but it was a good question nonetheless.

Which is more important?  Well, let’s see…which is more important: breathing or heart beating?  Yes, it’s just like that.  There is no psychological remission without physical remission.  That’s been tried.  In fact, we spent…