title: Features associated with diet pill use in individuals with eating disorders.
abstract: We investigated the relation between diet pill use and eating disorder subtype, purging and other compensatory behaviors, body mass index (BMI), tobacco and caffeine use, alcohol abuse or dependence, personality characteristics, and Axis I and Axis II disorders in 1,345 participants from the multisite Price Foundation Genetics Studies. Diet pill use was significantly less common in women with restricting type of AN than in women with other eating disorder subtypes. In addition, diet pill use was associated with the use of multiple weight control behaviors, higher BMI, higher novelty seeking, and the presence of anxiety disorders, alcohol abuse or dependence, and borderline personality disorder. Findings suggest that certain clinical and personality variables distinguish individuals with eating disorders who use diet pills from those who do not. In the eating disorder population, vigilant screening for diet pill use should be routine clinical practice.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, NC, United States.
authors.forename: Lauren
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Reba-Harrelson
authors.forename: Ann
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Von Holle
authors.forename: Laura M
authors.initials: LM
authors.lastname: Thornton
authors.forename: Kelly L
authors.initials: KL
authors.lastname: Klump
authors.forename: Wade H
authors.initials: WH
authors.lastname: Berrettini
authors.forename: Harry
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Brandt
authors.forename: Steven
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Crawford
authors.forename: Scott
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Crow
authors.forename: Manfred M
authors.initials: MM
authors.lastname: Fichter
authors.forename: David
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Goldman
authors.forename: Katherine A
authors.initials: KA
authors.lastname: Halmi
authors.forename: Craig
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Johnson
authors.forename: Allan S
authors.initials: AS
authors.lastname: Kaplan
authors.forename: Pamela
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Keel
authors.forename: Maria
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: LaVia
authors.forename: James
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Mitchell
authors.forename: Katherine
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Plotnicov
authors.forename: Alessandro
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Rotondo
authors.forename: Michael
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Strober
authors.forename: Janet
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Treasure
authors.forename: D Blake
authors.initials: DB
authors.lastname: Woodside
authors.forename: Walter H
authors.initials: WH
authors.lastname: Kaye
authors.forename: Cynthia M
authors.initials: CM
authors.lastname: Bulik
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000428:Alcohol Drinking / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000523:psychology; D019440:Anti-Obesity Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D015992:Body Mass Index; D002110:Caffeine; D002400:Cathartics / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D004639:Emetics / Q000008:administration & dosage; D005060:Europe / Q000453:epidemiology; D001068:Feeding and Eating Disorders / Q000188:drug therapy*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008403:Mass Screening / Q000379:methods; D009765:Obesity / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000453:epidemiology; D010554:Personality Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology; D012907:Smoking / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000523:psychology; D019966:Substance-Related Disorders / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000523:psychology; D014481:United States / Q000453:epidemiology; D014839:Vomiting / Q000139:chemically induced / Q000453:epidemiology*
chemical_list: D019440:Anti-Obesity Agents; D002400:Cathartics; D004639:Emetics; D002110:Caffeine