[Comorbid eating disorders in a Brazilian attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder adult clinical sample].
Although comorbidity between attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and eating disorders (ED) is relevant for clinical treatment, it is seldom investigated.


METHODS
86 DSM-IV attention deficity hyperactivity disorder patients out of 107 self-referred adults in a specialized center for attention deficity hyperactivity disorder were interviewed using SCID-R to evaluate the lifetime prevalence of ED and other comorbid conditions.


RESULTS
Nine attention deficity hyperactivity disorder patients had comorbid eating disorders; binge eating disorder (BED) was the most common diagnosis. The group with eating disorders presented a higher prevalence of other comorbid disorders (p=0.02). No significant differences were found on gender, age at assessment, schooling level and type of attention deficity hyperactivity disorder between groups.


CONCLUSIONS
Attention deficity hyperactivity disorder clinical samples may have a high prevalence of BED comorbidity. Patients with attention deficity hyperactivity disorder and eating disorders may have a different comorbid profile.
Mattos
Paulo
P
Grupo de Estudos do Déficit de Atenção, Instituto de Psiquiatria, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. mattos@attglobal.net
Saboya
Eloisa
E
Ayrão
Vanessa
V
Segenreich
Daniel
D
Duchesne
Monica
M
Coutinho
Gabriel
G
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001289:Attention Deficit Disorder with Hyperactivity / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000503:physiopathology; D001938:Brazil / Q000453:epidemiology; D002032:Bulimia / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000453:epidemiology; D015897:Comorbidity; D001068:Feeding and Eating Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000453:epidemiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged