Personality disorders among subjects recovered from eating disorders

Article Abstract:

Personality disorders (PD) are often sen in symptomatic eating disorders subjects. Women who had recovered from eating disorders were studied to determine if PD symptoms persisted. It was found that recovery from eating disorders may have an attenuating affect on the symptoms of PD, but such PD diagnoses persists after recovery in certain subjects.

Psychological aspects, Research, Personality disorders

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Psychiatric disorders in women with bulimia nervosa and their first-degree relatives: effects of comorbid substance dependence

Article Abstract:

A study of 47 women with bulimia nervosa concludes that those with psychiatric disorders, and who come from families with anxiety and substance abuse disorders, are more likely to be substance dependent. It is suggested that first-degree relatives who are vulnerable to instability and impulsivity may contribute to the development of substance dependence in bulimic women.

Health aspects, Genetic aspects, Substance abuse, Adult children of dysfunctional families

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Familial aggregation of eating disorders: results from a controlled family study of bulimia nervosa

Article Abstract:

A range of eating disorders is common among female, but not male, relatives of diagnostically pure bulimia nervosa (BN) probands. This finding arose from research designed to test the hypothesis that a wide range of subclinical eating disorders, rather than pure subtypes, would aggregate among the mothers and sisters of BN probands. It seems likely that there is a familial aggregation of a wide spectrum of eating disorders that goes beyond traditional diagnostic boundaries. A contemporary family-epidemiology study design could maximize the identification of the complete range of eating disorders among family members.

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