title: Some features of mothers of patients with eating disorders.
abstract: The aim of this study was to compare some of the characteristics of 50 mothers of patients with an eating disorder (ED) with those of a control group of 30 mothers of non-consulting adolescents. In comparison with the control group, the patients' mothers had higher scores for the bulimic factor of the Eating Attitudes Test-26, more frequent binge eating episodes, more eating disorder symptoms, more depression episodes, a higher incidence of bottle-fed daughters, provoked abortions and poor mother-daughter relationships with their own mothers. We recommend one-to-one diagnostic interviews with patients' mothers at the beginning of consultations.
authors.affiliation: Centro de Trastomos de la Conducta Alimentaria, Hospital Italiano de Buenos Aires, Argentina.
authors.forename: A M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: García de Amusquibar
authors.forename: C J
authors.initials: CJ
authors.lastname: De Simone
mesh_terms: D000029:Abortion, Legal / Q000523:psychology; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001118:Argentina / Q000453:epidemiology; D001294:Attitude to Health; D001903:Bottle Feeding / Q000523:psychology; D016022:Case-Control Studies; D016241:Child of Impaired Parents / Q000523:psychology*; D015897:Comorbidity; D003863:Depression / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000523:psychology*; D001068:Feeding and Eating Disorders / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D008425:Maternal Behavior; D008875:Middle Aged; D009034:Mother-Child Relations; D009035:Mothers / Q000523:psychology*; D000297:Psychology, Adolescent; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires