“…In addition, greater hypnotizability has been noted among both persons with extreme concerns with eating (Groth-Marnat, 1991;Groth-Marnat & Schumaker, 1990;Schumaker & GrothMarnat, 1988) as well as among actual bulimics (Barabasz, 1991;Pettinati, Horne, & Staats, 1985). Dissociation itself has been amply demonstrated to occur at higher levels among bulimics (Covino, Jimerson, Wolfe, & Franko, 1994;Demitrack, Putnam, Brewerton, Brandt, & Gold, 1990;Everill, Waller, & McDonald, 1995;Goldner, Cockhill, Bakan, & Birmingham, 1991;Havenaar, Boon, & Tordoir, 1991;Katz & Gleaves, 1996;McCallum, Lock, Kulla, Rorty, & Wetzel, 1992;Reto, Dalenberg, & Coe, 1993;Schumaker, Warren, Carr, & Schreiber, 1995;Schumaker, Warren, Schreiber, & Jackson, 1994;Vanderlinden, Vandereycken, van Dyck, R. & Vertommen, H., 1993). In addition, subgroups of patients with dissociative disorders have been known to present initially with eating disorders (Ross, 1989;Ross, Norton, & Wozney, 1989;Torem, 1986Torem, , 1990.…”