Biological Explanations for Bulimia Nervosa

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Biological Explanations for Bulimia Nervosa
  1. Serotonin
    1. Depression and BM occur together
      1. Suggests that they have a common cause
        1. Both linked to imbalances in neurotransmittter serotonin
        2. Kaye et al (2001)
          1. Compared levels of neurotransmitters serotonin, dopamineand noradrenaline in recoverd bulimics and a control group of people who'd never had it
            1. Dopamine and Noradrenaline levels were the same in both partys but serotonin levels were abnormal in recovered bulimics
          2. Neural Explantions
          3. Nitric Oxide
            1. Neurotransmitter involved in regulation of food intake
              1. Transmit information to other neurons
              2. Vannacci et al (2006)
                1. Assessed effects of Nitric Oxide in Bulimia
                  1. Studied 62 female patients who'd been refered to outpatients for eating disorders
                    1. Of these, 50% were diagnosed as suffering from Bulimia
                      1. Measured plasma nitrate and cGMP levels
                        1. Plasma nitrate and cGMP levels were a lot higher in Bulimia patients than healthy patients
                          1. Among Bulimia patients there was a positive correlation between nitrate levels and frequency of binge eating episodes
                  2. Gender Biased- only looked at females
                  3. Neural Explanations
                  4. Evoloutionary Explanations
                    1. Sexual Competition hypothesis
                      1. Abed (1998)
                        1. Suggests Bulimia is a direct consequence of the evolved need to compete with other females to attract men
                      2. Evoloution of nubility
                        1. Research shows that in women waist to hip ratio (WHR) determines how attractive males find them
                          1. Most attractive is between 0.7 & 0.8 (Singh 1994)
                            1. To avoid cuckoldry males have developed an aversion to even slightly larger waists as it is an indication of pregnancy
                          2. Sexual Competition
                            1. Helps women compete with other nubile (sexually mature and attractive) females for the best long-term mate
                            2. Culture Biased- only looks at western cultures
                              1. Longitudional study in Minnesota found Bulimia is 33 times greater in females than males
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