title: A controlled study of phenomenology and family history in outpatients with bulimia nervosa.
abstract: We administered structured diagnostic interviews and family history evaluations to 69 outpatient women meeting the new DSM-III-R criteria for bulimia nervosa. This group was compared with 50 women with DSM-III bulimia, 24 women with major depression, and 28 nonpsychiatric control women, all recruited during previous studies. On both phenomenologic and family history assessments, the women with DSM-III-R bulimia nervosa closely resembled the women with DSM-III bulimia, and both groups differed significantly from controls in their prevalence of personal and familial major mood disorders. These data support a relationship between bulimia nervosa and major mood disorders, consistent with that suggested by studies of bulimia assessed by earlier diagnostic criteria.
authors.affiliation: Biological Psychiatry Laboratory, McLean Hospital, Belmont, MA 02178.
authors.forename: P E
authors.initials: PE
authors.lastname: Keck
authors.forename: H G
authors.initials: HG
authors.lastname: Pope
authors.forename: J I
authors.initials: JI
authors.lastname: Hudson
authors.forename: S L
authors.initials: SL
authors.lastname: McElroy
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Yurgelun-Todd
authors.forename: E M
authors.initials: EM
authors.lastname: Hundert
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001008:Anxiety Disorders / Q000235:genetics; D002032:Bulimia / Q000235:genetics* / Q000523:psychology; D003866:Depressive Disorder / Q000235:genetics* / Q000523:psychology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D011569:Psychiatric Status Rating Scales; D012307:Risk Factors