Anorexia Nervosa with Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder.

The association of anxiety disorders and obsessive compulsive personality disorder with anorexia nervosa: evidence from a family study with discussion of nosological and neurodevelopmental implications.

BACKGROUND To investigate the association of anorexia nervosa with anxiety disorders through use of a case-control family study design. METHOD Lifetime prevalence of anxiety disorders and obsessive compulsive personality disorder was determined among 574 first-degree relatives of 152 probands with anorexia nervosa and compared to rates observed among 647 first-degree relatives of 181 never-il...

A controlled family study of anorexia nervosa and bulimia nervosa: psychiatric disorders in first-degree relatives and effects of proband comorbidity.

BACKGROUND We used contemporary family-epidemiological methods to examine patterns of comorbidity and familial aggregation of psychiatric disorders for anorexia and bulimia nervosa. METHODS Direct interviews and blind best-estimate diagnostic procedures were used with diagnostically "pure" groups of probands with eating disorders and a matched control group. Lifetime prevalence rates of eatin...

Orthorexia nervosa – an eating disorder, obsessive- -compulsive disorder or disturbed eating habit?

The purpose of this article was to describe the phenomenon of a new disorder called orthorexia nervosa. This paper proposes a theoretical framework for the definitions, prevalence, diagnostic criteria, method and treatment of orthorexia. This disturbing behaviour concerns the pathologic obsession for healthy nutrition. In contrast to eating disorders, people with orthorexia are obsessed with fo...

Running Head: IMPLICATION OF PERSONALITY TRAITS IN TREATMENT OF ANOREXIA NERVOSA Shared Neurological and Psychological Traits of Anorexia Nervosa and Obsessive- Compulsive Personality Disorder: The Implications in Treatment of Anorexia Nervosa

An examination of autism spectrum traits in adolescents with anorexia nervosa and their parents

BACKGROUND There may be a link between anorexia nervosa and autism spectrum disorders. The aims of this study were to examine whether adolescents with anorexia nervosa have autism spectrum and/or obsessive-compulsive traits, how many would meet diagnostic criteria for autism spectrum disorder, and whether these traits are shared by parents. METHODS A total of 150 adolescents receiving outpati...