Affective disorder and substance abuse in women with bulimia

• DOI: 10.1017/s0033291700015324
• Publication Date: 2009-07-09T15:02:07Z
• Authors: Dorothy Hatsukami; Elke Eckert; James E. Mitchell; Richard Pyle
• Keywords: Depressive Disorder; Anorexia Nervosa; Alcohol Drinking; Mood Disorders; Substance-Related Disorders; Suicide, Attempted; Hyperphagia; 3. Good health; Feeding and Eating Disorders; 03 medical and health sciences; 0302 clinical medicine; Humans

SynopsisOne hundred and eight women with bulimia were evaluated for affective disorder and alcohol or drug abuse, by means of the DSM-III diagnostic criteria. In this sample, 43·5% had a history of affective disorder and 18·5% had a history of alcohol or drug abuse. Approximately 56% of the bulimia patients scored within the moderate to severe range of depression on the Beck Depression Inventory.