Premium
Relationship between EDNOS and its subtypes and borderline personality disorder
Author(s) -
Marino Margaret F.,
Zanarini Mary C.
Publication year - 2001
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/eat.1029
Subject(s) - anorexia nervosa , bulimia nervosa , borderline personality disorder , psychology , eating disorders , nosology , psychiatry , not otherwise specified , anorexia , clinical psychology , medicine
Objective The purpose of this study was to assess the prevalence of eating disorder not otherwise specified (EDNOS) and four well‐defined subtypes of this disorder found in a sample of female borderline patients. Method The lifetime prevalence of EDNOS and its various subtypes among 233 female borderline patients and 46 female Axis II comparison subjects was assessed using the Structured Clinical Interview for DSM‐III‐R Axis I disorders. Results Thirty‐three percent of female borderline patients met DSM‐III‐R criteria for EDNOS at some point in their lives. Of these 76 women, 20% reported a pattern of restricting without low weight, 37% reported a pattern of binging without purging, 37% reported a pattern of purging without binging, and 33% reported a pattern of low weight without loss of menses. However, less than 25% of these 76 borderline women had ever met criteria for anorexia nervosa or bulimia nervosa. Conclusions The results of this study suggest that EDNOS is a separate cluster of eating disorders among borderline women, rather than a prodromal or residual form of a more clear‐cut case of anorexia or bulimia nervosa. © 2001 by John Wiley & Sons, Inc. Int J Eat Disord 29: 349–353, 2001.