Major Affective Disorder in Anorexia Nervosa and Bulimia
- 1 December 1987
- journal article
- Published by Royal College of Psychiatrists in The British Journal of Psychiatry
- Vol. 151 (6), 785-789
- https://doi.org/10.1192/bjp.151.6.785
Abstract
DSM-III lifetime diagnoses were assessed in 52 patients with a lifetime history of anorexia nervosa or bulimia by means of a standardised diagnostic interview. It was found that 44.2% had a lifetime diagnosis of DSM-III major affective disorder, with abstaining anorectics having a lower rate of depression than those with bulimic symptoms. In the great majority of cases, the on set of affective disorder post-dated the onset of the eating disorder by at least one year. In patients whose eating disorder was in remission, the rate of depressive symptoms was lower than in those in the acute stage of their illness. These findings, combined with recent studies on biological changes in eating disorders, and psychological theories of depression, suggest that in most cases in which the two conditions are associated, the depression is secondary to the eating disorder.Keywords
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