"Hidden" eating disorders in Scottish psychiatric inpatients.
The authors designed a study to determine the prevalence of "hidden" eating disorders among a large group of hospitalized psychiatric patients. Of 146 patients surveyed, 13.8% currently had eating disorders diagnosed according to DSM-III criteria: 7.3% had bulimia, 3.6% had anorexia nervosa, and 2.9% had an atypical disorder. Eighty percent of the bulimic patients and all of the patients with an atypical disorder had not been so identified by hospital diagnosis. Eating-disordered patients tended to have concurrent diagnoses of affective or personality disorders.
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000856:Anorexia Nervosa / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology; D001068:Feeding and Eating Disorders / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology*; D005260:Female; D006760:Hospitalization; D006801:Humans; D006963:Hyperphagia / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology; D008297:Male; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000150:complications* / Q000523:psychology; D008875:Middle Aged; D019964:Mood Disorders / Q000150:complications / Q000523:psychology; D010554:Personality Disorders / Q000150:complications / Q000523:psychology; D012306:Risk; D012606:Scotland; D012737:Sex Factors