title: Eating attitudes in seasonal affective disorder and bulimia nervosa.
abstract: Markedly increased appetite and eating are commonly found in seasonal affective disorder (SAD) and bulimia nervosa (BN). To investigate dysfunctional eating attitudes, we administered the Eating Disorders Inventory (EDI), a self-rating questionnaire that assesses abnormal eating attitudes and behaviours, to 30 female SAD patients, 30 matched BN patients, and 30 non-clinical subjects. The SAD patients had higher scores on most EDI subscales compared to the non-clinical subjects; the BN patients had higher scores than the SAD patients on only two of three EDI subscales that are specific to eating disorders. These data add to the evidence supporting a clinical overlap between SAD and BN.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Berman
authors.forename: R W
authors.initials: RW
authors.lastname: Lam
authors.forename: E M
authors.initials: EM
authors.lastname: Goldner
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001066:Appetite; D001290:Attitude; D001828:Body Image; D002032:Bulimia / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000523:psychology; D004435:Eating; D005247:Feeding Behavior / Q000523:psychology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D010555:Personality Inventory; D016574:Seasonal Affective Disorder / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000523:psychology; D015430:Weight Gain