With age comes responsibility: changes in stigma for boys/men with bulimia nervosa

• Published in: Eating and weight disorders Vol. 25; no. 6; pp. 1525 - 1532
• Main Authors: Vaughn, Allison A., Lowe, Joshua D.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Cham Springer International Publishing 01.12.2020; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Boys; Bulimia; Males and Eating and Weight disorders; Medicine; Medicine & Public Health; Men; Original Article; Psychiatry; Stigma; Boys/men; Attribution theory; Bulimia nervosa; Stigma offset; Stigma onset

Purpose Bulimia nervosa has a strong developmental component and affects men and women. However, the risk in men is unique in that it often includes other comorbid mental illnesses (depression, substance use) and may be exacerbated by longer delays between diagnoses and treatment relative to women....