title: Eating disorders and psychiatric disorders in the first-degree relatives of obese probands with binge eating disorder and obese non-binge eating disorder controls.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The purposes of the present study were to examine the possibility of a familial tendency for binge eating disorder (BED) among the obese, to clarify the relationship between BED and other eating disorders, and to test the relationship between BED and other psychiatric disorders.
  
  
  METHODS
  We studied 32 female BED outpatients and 23 obese females without BED. A possible history of eating disorders was assessed using the Structured Clinical Interview for DSM-III-R-Eating Disorders section administered by telephone interview. Family history information for other psychiatric disorders was collected using the Family History Research Diagnostic Criteria
  
  
  RESULTS
  The frequency of all eating disorders and the risk for other psychiatric disorders were not significantly different between the relatives of the two groups. These results were consistent across generation and gender.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  This study failed to show a familial tendency for BED, or any significant familial relationship between BED and other eating disorders, and did not support the hypothesis of coaggregation of other psychiatric disorders with BED.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry, Inje University, Seoul, Korea.
authors.forename: Y H
authors.initials: YH
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: D W
authors.initials: DW
authors.lastname: Abbott
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Seim
authors.forename: R D
authors.initials: RD
authors.lastname: Crosby
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Monson
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Burgard
authors.forename: J E
authors.initials: JE
authors.lastname: Mitchell
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D015992:Body Mass Index; D005247:Feeding Behavior / Q000523:psychology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007406:Interview, Psychological; D008297:Male; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000235:genetics* / Q000523:psychology*; D008875:Middle Aged; D009765:Obesity / Q000235:genetics* / Q000523:psychology*; D015995:Prevalence; D011569:Psychiatric Status Rating Scales