Citation

Perez M, Joiner TE, Lewinsohn PM. Int. J. Eat. Disord. 2004; 36(1): 55-61.

Affiliation

Department of Psychology, Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida 32306-1270, USA.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2004, John Wiley and Sons)

DOI

10.1002/eat.20020

PMID

15185272

Abstract

OBJECTIVE: Research on adult samples has found that the comorbidity between depression and eating disorders exceeds the comorbidity of any other Axis I disorder and eating disorders. Few studies have investigated the specific associations of major depression versus dysthymia with eating disorders.

METHOD: This sample consisted of 937 adolescents who were repeatedly assessed until the age of 24.

RESULTS: Analyses revealed that dysthymia was a stronger correlate with bulimia than major depression, even while controlling for other mood disorders and a history of depression and dysthymia.

CONCLUSIONS: The presence of dysthymia in adolescence might be a possible risk factor for the development of bulimia nervosa.

Language: en