Cynthia M. Bulik

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Cynthia Marie Bulik
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Bulik in 2007
BornFebruary 13, 1960
Pittsburgh, PA, USA
EducationBA, University of Notre Dame; MA, PhD, University of California, Berkeley
Spouse Patrick F. Sullivan, FRANZCP
Scientific career
Institutions University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Karolinska Institutet
Doctoral advisor Sheldon Korchin, PhD [1]
Website www.cynthiabulik.com

Cynthia Marie Bulik is an American psychologist and author.

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Bulik is perhaps best known for her clinical work and research on eating disorders in the United States. She is the Founding Director of the University of North Carolina Center of Excellence for Eating Disorders, the founder and director of the Centre for Eating Disorders Innovation at Karolinska Institutet in Stockholm, Sweden, a Distinguished Professor of Eating Disorders in the Department of Psychiatry of the School of Medicine at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and a professor of Nutrition in the Gillings School of Global Public Health. [2] Bulik is also professor in the Department of Medical Epidemiology and Biostatistics at Karolinska Institutet in Stockholm, Sweden, where she directs the Centre for Eating Disorders Innovation. [3] She also holds an adjunct appointment at the Norwegian Institute of Public Health. [4] [5]

Career

Bulik has been involved in the research and treatment of individuals with eating disorders since 1982. She received her BA from the University of Notre Dame and her MA and PhD in clinical psychology from the University of California, Berkeley. She completed internships and post-doctoral fellowships at the Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic in Pittsburgh, PA.

Bulik has developed outpatient, partial hospitalization, and inpatient services for eating disorders both in New Zealand and in the United States. Her research includes treatment, laboratory, animal, epidemiological, twin, and molecular genetic studies of eating disorders and body weight regulation. She applies information technology to the treatment of eating disorders and obesity to broaden the reach, and increase the success of newly developed interventions.

Bulik is co-chair and founder of the Eating Disorders Workgroup of the Psychiatric Genomics Consortium. [6] She was also the director of the first NIMH-sponsored Post-Doctoral Training Program in Eating Disorders. She has had continuous federal, international, and foundation funding since 1985. Dr. Bulik has written over 520 scientific papers and 60 chapters on eating disorders and is author of the books Eating Disorders: Detection and Treatment, [7] Runaway Eating: The 8 Point Plan to Conquer Adult Food and Weight Obsessions, [8] Crave: Why You Binge Eat and How To Stop, [9] Abnormal Psychology , [10] The Woman in the Mirror, [11] Midlife Eating Disorders, [12] and Binge Control. [13]

Awards, Recognition, and Leadership

Bulik is a recipient of the Eating Disorders Coalition Research Award, the Hulka Innovators Award, the Academy for Eating Disorders Leadership Award for Research, the Price Family National Eating Disorders Association Research Award, [14] the Carolina Women's Center Women's Advocacy Award, the Women's Leadership Council Faculty-to-Faculty Mentorship Award, IAEDP Honorary Certified Eating Disorders Specialist Award, the František Faltus Award from the Czech Psychiatric Society, the AED Meehan/Hartley Award for Advocacy, [15] the Hilde Bruch Award, and the Don and Melissa Nielsen Lifetime Achievement Award from the National Eating Disorders Association.

Bulik is a past president of the Academy for Eating Disorders, [16] past Vice-President of the Eating Disorders Coalition, and past Associate Editor of the International Journal of Eating Disorders. She was the Founding Chair of the Scientific Advisory Council of the Binge Eating Disorder Association [17] and is a member of the Scientific Advisory Committee of the Global Foundation for Eating Disorders. Bulik also serves on the Clinical Advisory Board for Project HEAL.

Bulik has appeared on the Today Show , [18] Good Morning America , CNN Morning , Katie, [19] Dr. Oz , Dr. Phil [20] and Rachael Ray , in addition to national news programs in New Zealand, Australia, and Sweden. She has been featured in many publications, including The New York Times , The Washington Post , USA Today , Newsweek , Time , and U.S. News & World Report . Bulik holds the first endowed professorship in eating disorders in the United States. [21]

Personal life

Bulik is married and the mother of three. She won a bronze medal in the 2012 Adult National Figure Skating Championships with partner David Tsai. [22]

Related Research Articles

An eating disorder is a mental disorder defined by abnormal eating behaviors that negatively affect a person's physical or mental health. Types of eating disorders include binge eating disorder, where the patient eats a large amount in a short period of time; anorexia nervosa, where the person has an intense fear of gaining weight and restricts food or overexercises to manage this fear; bulimia nervosa, where individuals eat a large quantity (binging) then try to rid themselves of the food (purging); pica, where the patient eats non-food items; rumination syndrome, where the patient regurgitates undigested or minimally digested food; avoidant/restrictive food intake disorder (ARFID), where people have a reduced or selective food intake due to some psychological reasons; and a group of other specified feeding or eating disorders. Anxiety disorders, depression and substance abuse are common among people with eating disorders. These disorders do not include obesity. People often experience comorbidity between an eating disorder and OCD. It is estimated 20–60% of patients with an ED have a history of OCD.

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Binge eating disorder (BED) is an eating disorder characterized by frequent and recurrent binge eating episodes with associated negative psychological and social problems, but without the compensatory behaviors common to bulimia nervosa, OSFED, or the binge-purge subtype of anorexia nervosa.

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Night eating syndrome (NES) is an eating disorder, characterized by a delayed circadian pattern of food intake. Although there is some degree of comorbidity with binge eating disorder, it differs from binge eating in that the amount of food consumed in the night is not necessarily objectively large nor is a loss of control over food intake required. It was originally described by Albert Stunkard in 1955 and is currently included in the other specified feeding or eating disorder category of the DSM-5. Research diagnostic criteria have been proposed and include evening hyperphagia and/or nocturnal awakening and ingestion of food two or more times per week. The person must have awareness of the night eating to differentiate it from the parasomnia sleep-related eating disorder (SRED). Three of five associated symptoms must also be present: lack of appetite in the morning, urges to eat at night, belief that one must eat in order to fall back to sleep at night, depressed mood, and/or difficulty sleeping.

Purging disorder is an eating disorder characterized by the DSM-5 as self-induced vomiting, or misuse of laxatives, diuretics, or enemas to forcefully evacuate matter from the body. Purging disorder differs from bulimia nervosa (BN) because individuals do not consume a large amount of food before they purge. In current diagnostic systems, purging disorder is a form of other specified feeding or eating disorder. Research indicates that purging disorder, while not rare, is not as commonly found as anorexia nervosa or bulimia nervosa. This syndrome is associated with clinically significant levels of distress, and that it appears to be distinct from bulimia nervosa on measures of hunger and ability to control food intake. Some of the signs of purging disorder are frequent trips to the bathroom directly after a meal, frequent use of laxatives, and obsession over one's appearance and weight. Other signs include swollen cheeks, popped blood vessels in the eyes, and clear teeth which are all signs of excessive vomiting.

Other specified feeding or eating disorder (OSFED) is a subclinical DSM-5 category that, along with unspecified feeding or eating disorder (UFED), replaces the category formerly called eating disorder not otherwise specified (EDNOS) in the DSM-IV-TR. It captures feeding disorders and eating disorders of clinical severity that do not meet diagnostic criteria for anorexia nervosa (AN), bulimia nervosa (BN), binge eating disorder (BED), avoidant/restrictive food intake disorder (ARFID), pica, or rumination disorder. OSFED includes five examples:

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  7. ↑ Bulik, Cynthia M. (1994). Eating disorders : detection and treatment. Palmerston North, N.Z.: Dunmore Press. ISBN   9780864692122.
  8. ↑ Bulik, Cynthia M.; Taylor, Nadine (2005). Runaway eating : the 8-point plan to conquer adult food and weight obsessions. Rodale. ISBN   978-1594860386.
  9. ↑ Bulik, Cynthia M. (2009). Crave : why you binge eat and how to stop (1st U.S. ed.). New York: Walker & Co. ISBN   978-0802717108.
  10. ↑ Beidel, Deborah C.; Bulik, Cynthia M.; Stanley, Melinda A. (2010). Abnormal psychology (Student ed.). Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall. ISBN   9780132216128.
  11. ↑ Bulik, Cynthia M. (2012). The woman in the mirror : how to stop confusing what you look like with who you are (1st U.S. ed.). New York: Walker & Co. ISBN   978-0802719997.
  12. ↑ Bulik, Cynthia M. (2013). Midlife eating disorders : your journey to recovery (First U.S. ed.). New York: Bloomsbury Publishing. ISBN   978-0802712691.
  13. ↑ Bulik, Cynthia M. (February 22, 2015). Binge Control: A Compact Recovery Guide. CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform. ISBN   978-1-5058-6176-1.
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