Characterizing eating disorders in a personality disorders sample

PSYCHIATRY RESEARCH

卷:185

Article

Chen, Eunice Yu¹  McCloskey, Michael Sean²  Michelson, Sara³  Gordon, Kathryn Hope⁴  Coccaro, Emil¹ 

[1] Univ Chicago, Dept Psychiat & Behav Neurosci, Chicago, IL 60637 USA

[2] Temple Univ, Dept Psychol, Chicago, IL USA

[3] Roosevelt Univ, Dept Clin Psychol, Chicago, IL 60605 USA

[4] N Dakota State Univ, Dept Psychol, Fargo, ND 58105 USA

关键词: Comorbidity;    Suicidal behavior;    Psychosocial functioning;    Eating disorders;   

DOI  :  10.1016/j.psychres.2010.07.002

来源: Elsevier

【 摘 要 】

The presence of a comorbid eating disorder (ED) and personality disorder (PD) is associated with greater problems and poorer functioning than having an ED alone or PD alone. This pattern is also found for non-ED axis I disorders and PDs. This study aims to examine if an ED, compared to other non-ED axis I disorders, in a PD sample confers greater risks for: number and type of non-ED axis I and axis II disorders, suicide attempts and non-suicidal self-injury, and poorer psychosocial functioning. Standardized interviews were conducted on 166 females and 166 males with PDs. In females with PDs, EDs, as compared to other axis I disorders, were associated with more non-ED axis I and II disorders (particularly borderline and avoidant PD) and poorer global functioning, but not with suicide attempts or non-suicidal self-injury. In males with PDs. EDs were associated with more axis II disorders, particularly borderline PD. Given the small group of males with EDs, these results require replication. Males and females with PDs and EDs may have multiple comorbid disorders, particularly borderline PD and for females, avoidant PD that may warrant targeting in treatment. (C) 2010 Elsevier Ireland Ltd. All rights reserved.

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