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Treatment of Bulimia

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This paper presents a proposal for the design and evaluation of a group psychotherapy intervention for the treatment of bulimia. The proposal begins with a presentation of the research problem and its importance to the nursing profession. This presentation is followed by a delineation of the theoretical framework of the study. Also, the proposal includes a description and discussion of the basic methods and procedures that will be used in the collection and analysis of data.

The proposed study will assess a cognitive-behavioral group psychotherapy approach to the treatment of bulimia. Bulimia, defined by Goode (1985) as uncontrollable, secret, over-eating commonly followed by an impulse to purge, is selected as the focus of the proposed research because according to Johnson, Lewis and Hagman (1984), this condition is a serious health threat affecting increasing numbers of American women. Indeed, Goode (1985) states that the health care risks to bulimics include: dehydration and fluid shifts; electrolyte imbalance; hypoglycemic symptoms, cardiovascular, renal, gastrointestinal, and hematologic problems; insomnia; dental problems, and both neurologic and endocrine difficulties.

In order to be termed effective, the therapeutic program designed for use in this study must operate to reduce and/or extinguish bulimic behaviors through increasing subjects' sense of personal empowerment. The notion that nurse care interventions should be associated with increasing patient empowerment is a tenet of Dorthea Orem's self-care theory. According to Urbanic (1992), the key theoretical concept of Orem's model is the concept of empowerment as the basis of all nursing interventions. In other words, nursing intervention is viewed by Orem as doing more than rehabilitating a body. Rather, objectives of the nurse intervention include...

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