Lifetime substance abuse, family history of alcohol abuse/dependence and novelty seeking in eating disorders : comparison study of eating disorder subgroups
Krug, Isabel (Hospital Universitari de Bellvitge)
Poyastro Pinheiro, Andrea (University of North Carolinaat Chapel Hill. Department of Psychiatry)
Bulik, Cynthia M. (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Department of Psychiatry)
Jiménez-Murcia, Susana (Hospital Universitari de Bellvitge)
Granero, Roser (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Departament de Psicobiologia i de Metodologia de les Ciències de la Salut)
Penelo Werner, Eva (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Departament de Psicobiologia i de Metodologia de les Ciències de la Salut)
Masuet Augmantell, Cristina (Hospital Universitari de Bellvitge. Departament de Medicina Preventiva)
Agüera, Zaida (Hospital Universitari de Bellvitge)
Fernández Aranda, Fernando (Hospital Universitari de Bellvitge)

Date:	2009
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Abstract:	Aim: To assess lifetime substance abuse, family history of alcohol abuse/dependence, and novelty seeking in three different eating disorder groups (anorexia nervosa-restrictive; anorexia nervosa-binge eating/purging; anorexia nervosa to bulimia nervosa). Method: A total sample of 371 eating disorder patients participated in the current study. Assessment measures included the prevalence of substance abuse and family history of alcohol abuse/dependence as well as the novelty-seeking subscale of the Tempera- ment and Character Inventory-Revised. Results: Significant differences across groups were detected for lifetime substance abuse, with anorexia nervosa-restrictive individuals exhibiting a signifi- cant lower prevalence than the anorexia nervosa to bulimia nervosa and anorexia nervosa-binge eating/purging patients (P < 0. 01). For family history of alcohol abuse/dependence the same pattern was observed (P = 0. 04). Novelty seeking was associated with substance abuse (P = 0. 002), with the anorexia nervosa to bulimia nervosa group exhibiting signifi- cantly higher scores on the novelty-seeking scale than the other two groups (P < 0. 001). But family history of alcohol abuse/dependence was not related to novelty seeking (P = 0. 092). Conclusion: Lifetime substance abuse appears to be more prevalent in anorexia nervosa patients with bulimic features. Higher novelty-seeking scores may be associated with diagnosis cross-over.
Grants:	Ministerio de Sanidad y Consumo 04/0619 Ministerio de Sanidad y Consumo CB06/03 Generalitat de Catalunya 2005/SGR-00322 Generalitat de Catalunya 2005 FI 00425 European Commission 215839
Note:	This work is part of the dissertation of IK at the Universitat de Barcelona
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Language:	Anglès
Document:	Article ; recerca ; Versió acceptada per publicar
Subject:	Anorexia nervosa ; Bulimia nervosa ; Eating disorders ; Personality ; Substance abuse
Published in:	Psychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences, Vol. 63 (2009) , p. 82-87, ISSN 1440-1819

DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1819.2008.01908.x

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