Redigerer Bulimia nervosa (avsnitt)

=== Psykoterapi/samtalebehandling ===
Det er flere dokumenterte psykososiale behandlinger for bulimia nervosa. [[Kognitiv adferdsterapi|Kognitiv atferdsterapi]] (CBT), som innebærer å lære opp pasienter til å utfordre automatiske tanker og engasjere seg i atferdsmessige eksperimenter (for eksempel spising av "forbudte matvarer") har vist effekt både med og uten samtidig bruk av [[antidepressiva]].<ref>{{cite journal |author=Agras WS, Crow SJ, Halmi KA, Mitchell JE, Wilson GT, Kraemer HC |title=Outcome predictors for the cognitive behavior treatment of bulimia nervosa: data from a multisite study |url=https://archive.org/details/sim_american-journal-of-psychiatry_2000-08_157_8/page/1302 |journal=The American Journal of Psychiatry |volume=157 |issue=8 |pages=1302–8 |year=2000 |month=august |pmid=10910795 |doi=10.1176/appi.ajp.157.8.1302}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |author=Wilson GT, Loeb KL, Walsh BT, ''et al.'' |title=Psychological versus pharmacological treatments of bulimia nervosa: predictors and processes of change |url=https://archive.org/details/sim_journal-of-consulting-and-clinical-psychology_1999-08_67_4/page/451 |journal=Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology |volume=67 |issue=4 |pages=451–9 |year=1999 |month=august |pmid=10450615 |doi=10.1037/0022-006X.67.4.451}}</ref> Forskere har også rapportert enkelte positive resultater for interpersonlig psykoterapi og dialektisk atferdsterapi.<ref>{{cite journal |author=Fairburn CG, Agras WS, Walsh BT, Wilson GT, Stice E |title=Prediction of outcome in bulimia nervosa by early change in treatment |url=https://archive.org/details/sim_american-journal-of-psychiatry_2004-12_161_12/page/2322 |journal=The American Journal of Psychiatry |volume=161 |issue=12 |pages=2322–4 |year=2004 |month=desember |pmid=15569910 |doi=10.1176/appi.ajp.161.12.2322}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |author=Safer DL, Telch CF, Agras WS |title=Dialectical behavior therapy for bulimia nervosa |url=https://archive.org/details/sim_american-journal-of-psychiatry_2001-04_158_4/page/632 |journal=The American Journal of Psychiatry |volume=158 |issue=4 |pages=632–4 |year=2001 |month=april |pmid=11282700 |doi=10.1176/appi.ajp.158.4.632}}</ref>

Maudsley familieterapi, eller "Family Based Treatment" (FBT), utviklet ved Maudsley Hospital i London for behandling av anorexia nervosa har vist seg å ha positive resultater for behandling av bulimia nervosa. FBT har blitt gjennom empirisk forskning vist seg å være den mest effektive behandlingen av anorexia nervosa for pasienter under atten år og innen tre år etter utbruddet av sykdommen. Studiene med FBT for å behandle bulimia nervosa har hittil vært lovende.<ref>{{cite journal |author=Lock J, le Grange D |title=Family-based treatment of eating disorders |journal=The International Journal of Eating Disorders |volume=37 Suppl |issue= |pages=S64–7; discussion S87–9 |year=2005 |pmid=15852323 |doi=10.1002/eat.20122}}</ref>

Enkelte forskere har også hevdet positive resultater ved [[hypnoterapi]].<ref>{{cite journal |author=Barabasz M |title=Treatment of bulimia with hypnosis involving awareness and control in clients with high dissociative capacity |journal=International Journal of Psychosomatics |volume=37 |issue=1–4 |pages=53–6 |year=1990 |pmid=2246105}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |author=Barabasz M |title=Efficacy of hypnotherapy in the treatment of eating disorders |url=https://archive.org/details/sim_international-journal-of-clinical-experimental-hypnosis_2007-07_55_3/page/318 |journal=The International Journal of Clinical and Experimental Hypnosis |volume=55 |issue=3 |pages=318–35 |year=2007 |month=juli |pmid=17558721 |doi=10.1080/00207140701338688}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |author=Griffiths RA |year=1995 |title=Two-Year Follow-Up Findings of Hypnobehavioural Treatment for Bulimia Nervosa |journal=Australian Journal of Clinical and Experimental Hypnosis |volume=23 |issue=2 |pages=135–44}}</ref>