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Is Bulimia Nervosa Genetic?

I have found sources that state that it is genetic, but some sources say it is environmental...What do you think?
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psycgirl psycgirl
 
 August 30, 2009 03:00 AM
Just like most disorders it is thought to be a combination of environmental and some genetic/biological factors. Most people talk about and focus on the environmental factors.

Here is an article link talking about genetic factors and a few abstracts to other studies and articles completed on this topic regarding genetic factors found.

http://serendip.brynmawr.edu/bb/neuro/neuro98/202s98-paper3/Hirst3.html

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/1842216

http://journals.prous.com/journals/servlet/xmlxsl/pk_journals.xml_summary_pr?p_JournalId=4&p_RefId=850494&p_IsPs=N
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http://serendip.brynmawr.edu/bb/neuro/neuro98/202s98-paper3/Hirst3.html

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/1842216

http://journals.prous.com/journals/servlet/xmlxsl/pk_journals.xml_summary_p...



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kristenok kristenok
 
September 03, 2009 07:59 AM
Good points.

The NIH website offers various information on this topic. Their main entry on MedlinePlus on bulimia states: "According to the National Institutes of Health: "The exact cause of bulimia is unknown. Genetic, psychological, trauma, family, society, or cultural factors may play a role. Bulimia is likely due to more than one factor."

ETA: http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/000341.htm

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August 30, 2009 02:44 AM
I do not believe that it is genetic. I think environment is the cause of this disease. Society as a whole plays a huge part in people thinking that being skinny is the only way to be. It's sad that people believe that, but it's all over tv, movies, and magazines, so unfortunately a lot of young people don't know any better because they have nothing else to compare it to.

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