Egypt. J. Psychiatry, Jan 2009; 29(1): 35-42 Background: Associations between Eating Disorders (ED) and affective disorders have often been suggested in several epidemiological studies. There is a need to elucidate such comorbidity, as it can cause many risks to the patient. These risks can not only cause the patient to suffer further with bipolar disorder, but they can also do damage to the bo...

BACKGROUND This paper explores the differing perspectives of recovery and care of people with disordered eating. We consider the views of those who have not sought help for their disordered eating, or who have been given a diagnosis but have not engaged with health care services. Our aim is to demonstrate the importance of the cultural context of care and how this might shape people's perspecti...

BACKGROUND Adolescence is a period of developmental risk for eating disorders and eating disorder symptoms. This study aimed to describe the prevalence and trajectory of five core eating disorder behaviours (binge eating, purging, fasting, following strict dietary rules, and hard exercise for weight control) and a continuous index of dietary restraint and eating, weight and shape concerns, in a...

OBJECTIVE The purpose of the current study was to examine the relationship among emotional regulation, emotional overeating, and general eating pathology in a treatment seeking sample of adults with Binge Eating Disorder (BED). METHOD The sample was composed of 326 adults (248 women, 78 men) who were obese and met DSM-IV-TR criteria for BED. Prior to treatment, participants completed the Diff...

Normative data on the Eating Disorder Examination Questionnaire for samples of undergraduate men in the United States are presented. Participants were 404 undergraduate men aged 18-26 who completed the EDE-Q as part of two larger survey studies. Mean scores, standard deviations, and percentile ranks for the Global score and four subscale scores are provided. Data regarding the frequency of obje...

OBJECTIVE This research presents normative data on the Eating Disorder Examination Questionnaire (Fairburn and Beglin, Int J Eat Disorder, 16, 363-370, 1994) (EDE-Q) for samples of undergraduate women in the United States. METHOD College women (N = 723), ages 18-25, completed the EDE-Q as part of a larger assessment battery. RESULTS Average scores, standard deviations, and percentile ranks ...

BACKGROUND The aim of this study was to examine the association between eating disorders (ED) and schema modes, and identify which specific schema modes are associated with particular eating disorders, including anorexia nervosa (AN), bulimia nervosa (BN) and other specified feeding or eating disorder (OSFED). METHODS A total of forty seven women with eating disorders and 89 women from the co...

This study aims to systematically search and review the literature on Eating Disorder Examination-Questionnaire 6.0 (EDE-Q 6.0) across cultures, in terms of their psychometric properties. Electronic engines databases, namely, Scopus, OvidMedline, Google Scholar, reference tracking were used. The used eating disorder examination-questionnaire, EDE-Q, psychometrics, reliability, validity, utility...

Background: Eating disorder is a change in eating behaviour that affects daily activities, resulting vulnerability towards diseases have several effects on the organ systems, including neurological system. In teenagers, these disturbances, decline memory, cognitive function, and concentration, will significantly affect especially their studies. The objective of this study was to determine relat...