title: The relationship between rumination and eating disorders.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Rumination has been described as a symptom in association with eating disorders, but also as a separate disorder.
  
  
  METHODS
  A series of 8 female volunteers who reported rumination were systematically screened for the presence of eating disorders and other psychopathology.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Seven met current or prior criteria for an Axis I disorder and five had a current or prior eating disorder.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The importance of screening for eating disorders among women who ruminate, and for screening for rumination among eating disorder patients, is stressed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry, V.A. Medical Center, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Eckern
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Stevens
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Mitchell
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001068:Feeding and Eating Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000523:psychology*; D019959:Feeding and Eating Disorders of Childhood / Q000150:complications* / Q000523:psychology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008403:Mass Screening; D012307:Risk Factors