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, an

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ulimia, and self-control. The design is graphically depicted in Table 1. The Intervention According to Mereson (1988), while there have been a variety of group therapy techniques used to remediate conditions of Table 1 Graphic Depiction of the Research Design TESTING TYPE OF INTERVENTION Pretest Posttest Cognitive-Behavioral Control ----------------------------------------------------------------- Dependent Measures 1) Degree of Bulimic Behavior 2) Degree of Self-Worth 3) Degree of Self-Control bulimia, the highest success rates have been found for cognitive-behavioral psychotherapy. In this regard, mereson reports that this therapeutic approach to the problem differs form traditional theory because rather than focusing on the origins of the problem, it deals directly with the symptoms by helping bulimics to learn alternative ways of thinking about and controlling themselves. Mereson's claims have be
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