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Comorbidity of mood and substance use disorders in patients with binge-eating disorder: Associations with personality disorder and eating disorder pathology

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Becker, Daniel F., Grilo, Carlos M.·2015·Journal of Psychosomatic Research

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Objective Binge-eating disorder (BED) is associated with elevated rates of mood and substance use disorders, but the significance of such comorbidity is ambiguous. We compared personality disorder and eating disorder psychopathology in four subgroups of BED patients: those with mood disorders, those with substance use disorders, those with both, and those with neither.Method Subjects were 347 patients who met DSM-IV research criteria for BED. Semistructured interviews evaluated lifetime DSM-IV axis I disorders, DSM-IV personality disorder features, and eating disorder psychopathology.Results Among these patients, 129 had co-occurring mood disorder, 34 had substance use disorder, 60 had both, and 124 had neither. Groups differed on personality disorder features, with those having mood disorder and both mood and substance use disorders showing the highest frequencies. Although groups did not differ in body mass index or binge eating frequency, they did differ on eating disorder psychopathology-with the groups having mood disorder and both comorbidities demonstrating higher eating, weight, and shape concerns. No differences were observed between groups with respect to ages of onset for specific eating behaviors, but some differences were observed for ages of disorder onset.Conclusion Mood and substance use disorders co-occur frequently among patients with BED. Compared with a previous work, the additional comparison group (those with both mood and substance use disorders) and the control group (those with neither) afforded better discrimination regarding the significance of these comorbidities. Our findings suggest approaches to subtyping BED based on psychiatric comorbidity, and may also have implications for treatment.

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Authors
Becker, D. F., & Grilo, C. M.
Affiliations
  • University of California, San Francisco (US)
  • Yale University (US)
Corresponding author
Becker, Daniel F.
Venue
Journal of Psychosomatic Research
Publisher
Elsevier BV
Published
2015-08
Volume
79
Issue
2
Pages
159-164
ISSN
0022-3999 (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W1984581091
Cited by
84
References
35
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FWCI
11.18
Type
journal article
Language
en
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  • Journal of Psychosomatic Research (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • Europe PMC (PubMed Central) (acceptedVersion)
  • PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
  • eScholarship (California Digital Library) (submittedVersion)
Funders
National Institutes of Health (3R01 DK49587, K24 DK070052)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Eating Disorders and Behaviors
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Personality Disorders and Psychopathology
  • Health Sciences › Nursing › Nutrition and Dietetics › Nutrition, Health and Food Behavior
Keywords
binge eating disorder, mood disorders, substance use disorders, psychiatric comorbidity, eating disorder psychopathology, eating concerns, weight and shape concerns, age of onset
MeSH terms
Adolescent, Adult, Feeding and Eating Disorders, Body Weight, Eating, Female, Humans, Male, Middle Aged, Personality Disorders, Comorbidity, Body Mass Index, Age of Onset, Diagnosis, Dual (Psychiatry), Mood Disorders, Substance-Related Disorders, Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Young Adult, Binge-Eating Disorder

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