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Dissociation : Vol. 9, No. 1, p. 018-027 : The binge-purge cycle as a means of dissociation: somatic trauma and somatic defense in sexual abuse and bulimia

Swirsky, Diane; Mitchell, Valory (Ridgeview Institute and the International Society for the Study of Dissociation, 1996-03)

The relationship between childhood sexual abuse, dissociation, and bulimia in a sample of 65 bulimic women was investigated. It was hypothesized that the binge-purge cycle is used dissociatively in response to painful ...