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Personality disorders among subjects recovered from eating disorders
Author(s) -
Matsunaga Hisato,
Kaye Walter H.,
McConaha Claire,
Plotnicov Katherine,
Pollice Christine,
Rao Radhika
Publication year - 2000
Publication title -
international journal of eating disorders
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.785
H-Index - 138
eISSN - 1098-108X
pISSN - 0276-3478
DOI - 10.1002/(sici)1098-108x(200004)27:3<353::aid-eat14>3.0.co;2-e
Subject(s) - personality disorders , anorexia nervosa , eating disorders , personality , bulimia nervosa , psychology , psychiatry , clinical psychology , borderline personality disorder , social psychology
Objective Personality disorders are common in symptomatic eating disorders subjects. Because personality symptoms could be exaggerated by malnutrition or Axis I disorders, we studied women who had recovered from eating disorders for at least 1 year to see if personality disorder symptoms persisted in the well state. Method Personality disorders were evaluated in 10 women recovered from anorexia nervosa (AN), 28 women recovered from bulimia nervosa (BN), and 16 women recovered from AN and BN, using the Structured Clinical Interview for DSM‐III‐R personality disorders. Results Fourteen of 54 subjects (26%) met the criteria for at least one personality disorder, such as self‐defeating, obsessive‐compulsive, or borderline personality disorder. Cluster B personality disorders were closely associated with bulimic subtypes. Conclusions While a recovery from eating disorders may have an attenuating influence on the symptoms of personality disorders, such personality disorder diagnoses persist after recovery in some recovered subjects. © 2000 by John Wiley & Sons, Inc. Int J Eat Disord 27: 353–357, 2000.