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Is s order to! a profe was reo: usini ivil Li! r saying; its atteni ™. g al econoii believed nt whaiti s clasn* «ech, Ni ssors sho out a vaii nth the profess is anythii mem sho s on the ould be fesson )ic,hesai that in erimeten iss Chris! rvith hem re of the rofessoi, lieve cen s right . "Throi ws will of Fan r manij Christ unity an are what ves with le wouldi es assooJ i. Some emselves of attachi aneelistit ould be ny about! ties. For it be unco se assocui r or the! names hi desirable so man)' i persoti i. al area in j be d behuit reas en>' ie J -r tuide fo f Counsel ce spo 11 ' them Monday, December 7,1987/The Battalion/Page 5 Bulimia (Continued from page 1) ics are usually close to a healthy body weight.” Cocklin said people don’t realize the methods of losing weight —pur ging, sleeping, diuretics and laxa tives — can be shown to be ineffec tive. For example, people believe that diuretics will release their bodies of all excess water. But in reality, after a period of time a diuretic will cause a person’s body to naturally retain the water, Cocklin said. Greenleaf Psychiatric Hospital’s Dr. Steve Liter said eating disorders such as bulimia occur when dieting and preoccupation with slimness be come extreme. “Bulimia is composed of compul sive eating binges followed by the E urging of food,” Liter said. “It can :ad to severe dental problems, kid ney failure or cardiac arrest.” In the short run, bulimia can cause dizziness, weakness, moodi ness, insomnia, swollen glands, ir regular menstruation or loss of hair and nail quality, Cocklin said. In the long run, bulimia can cause stomach and esophagus pain, tooth decay because of stomach acid from vomiting, constipation or loss of nor mal bowel functions, malnutrition, electrolyte imbalance or death, Cocklin said. Bulimia is most common in fe males, she said, but is not absent in males. “On A&M’s campus, about 98 percent of the patients who are treated for bulimia are females,” Cocklin said. Women must earn respect through their physical appearance in America today, Cocklin said. It is a “sick society” that makes women deal with this, she said. In today’s so ciety, she said, women are condi- Warped tioned to be slender and look good at all times. Liter said bulimia is more com mon than most people think. “On any given college campus about 25 percent to 30 percent of the females have at one time en gaged in some kind of bulimic activ ity,” he said. “It becomes a noticeable problem with women during the nigh school and college ages because of all of the pressures to be beauti ful.” Cocklin and Liter agreed that bu limia is definitely predominant in fe males. “My personal theory is that in the past, men have had more oudets to prove themselves, such as work or athletics,” Liter said. “However, a woman’s main outlet to prove her self was through her beauty. That is why women are more concerned with their weight and appearance.” Bulimia usually becomes most ap- by Scott McCullar 111 •'H Waldo by Kevin Thomas I T wm A HANDS-ON WORKSHOP Progressive Parenting Part of the St. Joseph t&spital & Health Center “Learning to Live” series You are invited to the second of three hands-on workshops for parents with Dr. Mahesh Dave, Psychiatrist Ronald Lewis, Ph.D., Director of Counseling and Testing Services DECEMBER 10, 1987 St. Joseph Hospital & Health Center Cafeteria 6:30 pm to 9:30 pm $3.00 per person or $5.00 per couple for WORKSHOP TWO PROGRESSIVE PARENTING WORKSHOP 2 - December 10 Interactive communication between parents and children 1. Communication Facilitators and Blockers 2. A Model for Effective Communication WORKSHOP 3 - January 1 Identifying and preventing children's emotional problems BABYSITTING Special rates provided by Gipinrve-A-Breaf: 846-1143, 505 University Dr, Suite 101 REGISTRATION FORM PROGRESSIVE PARENTING Parent(s) # of children for babysitting Ages of children MAIL FORM AND CHECK TO: St. Joseph Hospital & Health Center Community Relations Dept. 2801 Franciscan Dr. Bryan, Texas 77802 OR CALL 776-2458 Registration deadline - December 8, 1987 ST. JOSEPH HOSPITAL & HEALTH CENTER NOW 2 LOCATIONS Northgate (acrdftft from Post Office) Redmond Terraffe ^ : (next to Academy) parent during the college years be cause it is such a stressful time, Cock lin said. Bulimia almost always starts at the end of high school or the be ginning of college, she said, because eating has been learned as a way to cope with problems. An Overeaters Anonymous mem ber who asked to be called “Jane” said the College Station OA group offers a student meeting every Thursday night in the MSC. It is a small group because most students still believe they can cure themselves, she said. Students are usually not desperate enough to get help. But there are a variety of ways, di- recdy and indirectly, a bulimic may find help. Bulimics go to Greenleaf Psychiatric Hospital m three differ ent stages, Liter said. About one-third of his patients come to him and admit that they have bulimia, he said. Another one- third of his patients come to the hos pital for another reason, which he discovers is triggered by bulimia. The remaining one-third of his pa tients come after their family mem bers or friends have contacted him, Liter said. Cocklin said bulimics usually dis guise their problem as a more “ac ceptable” problem. The length of time someone is ac tually affected by bulimia differs in each case, Liter said. He has had pa tients with bulimia for more than 25 years before they were treated. The anonymous A&M student ? |uoted earlier suffered from bulimia or more than four years before she got help in the recovery program. “1 always thought I could stop when I wanted to, she said. “Until one day I realized I couldn’t fake it anymore. I finally realized I needed help and I couldn’t do it by myself.” The student went to many ex tremes to hide her eating pattern. Some days she spent as much as $30 on food, she said. Cocklin said it is not uncommon for bulimics to make five or six stops a day at different food stores. This is a way of hiding the amount of food they buy at one time, she said. One of the student’s roommates, who also wished to remain anonoy- mous, said the bulimic roommte thought she was hiding the problem from the people she lived with, but she was unsuccessful; they suspected it all along. 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