The Relationship between Concurrent Substance Use Disorders and Eating Disorders with Personality Disorders

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

Christine Courbasson¹ 

[1] Department of Psychiatry, University of Toronto, Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, 33 Russell Street, Toronto, Ontario, M5S 2S1 Canada

关键词: substance use disorders;    eating disorders;    personality disorders;    avoidant personality disorder;    borderline personality disorder;    obsessive compulsive personality disorder;   

DOI  :  10.3390/ijerph6072076

来源: mdpi

【 摘 要 】

The current pilot study investigated whether patients with concurrent substance use disorders and eating disorders (SUD and ED) who experienced a reduction in SUD and ED symptoms following treatment for SUD and ED also experienced a reduction in personality disorder (PD) symptoms.

Twenty patients with SUD and ED and PD were assessed pre and post treatment using clinical interviews, self-report questionnaires, and a therapist questionnaire on DSM-IV-TR symptoms for PD.

Symptoms for the personality disorders were reduced following treatment. This reduction was correlated with a decrease in the number of symptoms of ED at post treatment.

Chronic concurrent SUD and ED may make it difficult to separate PD symptoms from co-occurring disorders. Many features attributed to PDs may be reduced when problematic substance use and disordered eating are addressed, a fact that may increase clinician and patients’optimism about therapeutic change.

【 授权许可】

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