The present study evaluated fluoxetine over 16 weeks. Researchers conducted a thorough and time consuming study on the effects of flouxetine on bulimia nervosa and found that it is highly safe and effective in its treatment. Fifteen clinics were involved in this research and they put 483 patients to test and found that their patterns of vomiting along with their habit of binge eating had changed over a period of time.

Via: Eating Disorders

Bulimia nervosa is linked with comorbid psychopathology. This means that it can cause very serious medical complications. Significant research has been conducted in psycho-social research fields on binge eating disorder which suggests that treatments for this disorder can be improved by concentrating on promotion of reducing the thin-ideal internalization, fostering adaptive effect regulation skills, healthy weight control techniques and increasing resiliency to socio-cultural pressures.

Via: Online Etymology Dictionary

This is a method in which patients suffering from bulimia nervosa are encouraged to be a part of experiments which measure various behaviors of a person. This research has proved to be helpful with or without the use of anti-depressants which is a very healthy achievement in itself. It proves to be the most effective treatment for bulimia nervosa when we take psychotherapy into consideration. One study also mentioned the fact that like CBT even Interpersonal Psychotherapy would be highly effective but the results will take a lot of time to be achieved. What happens in this study is that researchers record the eating and vomiting habits of the patients and then evaluate them on the emotional fluctuations level and understand the facts that force patients to go through this kind of binge eating. A researcher named Barker suggested that in order to achieve substantial results, all the parties involved will have to work in a synchronization and will have to keep recording, discussing and developing strategies to cope up with this disorder.

Via: A Multicenter Comparison of Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy and Interpersonal Psychotherapy for Bulimia Nervosa

This treatment was developed to treat a different disorder called anorexia nervosa, but it has been found by the researchers that this study is also highly effective in curing bulimia nervosa. A constant study of this treatments has shown that it becomes one of the most promising and effective treatment for the patients of bulimia nervosa.

Via: Wikipedia

A study conducted two researchers named Thompson and Stice showed that media has a great affect on starting this disorder. They used random experiments and taught young women to be more critical when it comes to analyzing media. This spreading of awareness is considered to be a treatment because they observed that media and television raised the expectations of women after what they immortalized as a perfect body. This caused thin ideal internalization to start in young women which is a symptom of bulimia nervosa.

Via: Bulimia Nervosa by Yager, J