A controlled study of phenomenology and family history in outpatients with bulimia nervosa.
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.
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Biological Psychiatry Laboratory, McLean Hospital, Belmont, MA 02178.
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Yurgelun-Todd
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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