title: Obsessive-compulsive disorder among patients with anorexia nervosa and bulimia nervosa.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The present study sought to determine the prevalence of obsessive-compulsive disorder among patients with eating disorders.
  
  
  METHODS
  Ninety-three women who met DSM-III-R criteria for anorexia nervosa or bulimia nervosa were investigated by using a semistructured diagnostic interview, the Yale-Brown Obsessive Compulsive Scale, and the Eating Disorder Inventory.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Thirty-four patients (37%) met the DSM-III-R criteria for obsessive-compulsive disorder and also had a clinically significant score of 16 or higher on the Yale-Brown scale. These patients also had significantly higher, and hence pathological, mean scores on five of eight Eating Disorder Inventory scales than patients with eating disorders without concomitant obsessive-compulsive disorder.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  These results suggest that there is a high prevalence of obsessive-compulsive disorder among patients with anorexia and bulimia nervosa and that this prevalence may be correlated with the severity of the eating disorder.
authors: Department of Psychiatry, Georg-August-University of Göttingen, Germany.
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authors: Thiel
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authors: Broocks
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authors: Ohlmeier
authors: G E
authors: GE
authors: Jacoby
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authors: Schüssler
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000856:Anorexia Nervosa / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology*; D002032:Bulimia / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology*; D015897:Comorbidity; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D009771:Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology*; D010555:Personality Inventory; D015995:Prevalence; D011569:Psychiatric Status Rating Scales; D012720:Severity of Illness Index