Bulimarexia: The Binge/Purge Cycle

Author: Marlen Boskind-White, Marlene Boskind-White, William C. White
List Price: $13.95
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ISBN: 0393301176
Publisher: W.W. Norton & Company (March, 1991)
Sales Rank: 326,684
Average Customer Rating: 2 out of 5

Customer Reviews

Rating: 1 out of 5
TOXIC LITERATURE
Having been a patient of Marlene Boskind-White's, I will also say that I think that no one should read this book. I had a very difficult time with bulimia and Mrs. White's book made me feel worse about myself than I did before I ever saw her or read her book. Stay away from this book. I don't recommend it to anyone. I care about people who suffer through what I suffered. I have been doing great for 8 years now, no thanks to this book or it's author.

Rating: 1 out of 5
The book has no substantal information on the topic
This book did not prove to be beneficila in helping me undestand my diseases. It made me feel helpless and esasperates. I do not recomend anybody to read this book. If anything it has allowed me to fall deeper into my eating disorder. The book did not present any clear fews on this issues. Every was in a shade of gray, when you deal with this issue you need to stick with black and white.

Rating: 4 out of 5
Practical for parents, binge/purgers and counselors
Gives a well presented behavioral approach (with definite feminist leanings) to treating binge/ purgers. The authors are not critical of parents or spouses. They encourage the binge/ purger to take responsibility. They have only a few suggestions for those who are not ready to do so. Nothing about men with this eating disorder is mentioned. Overall this book is extremely practical and helpful.

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