Shana has been very stressed at work and at school.When she gets home,she eats muffins,cake,ice cream,and almost anything else in the house that is sweet.In the midst of eating,she takes a huge dose of a laxative to "empty out" the food she is eating.Her taking the laxative,and the assumption underlying why she does it,would lead to a diagnosis of:

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Shana's behavior of consuming large amounts of food followed by taking laxatives to purge is characteristic of bulimia nervosa.

Shana Has Been Very Stressed at Work and at School