title: Depression or depressiveness in patients diagnosed with Anorexia Nervosa and Bulimia Nervosa - pilot research.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The target of this work is to consider if depressive symptoms intercurrent with patients suffering from Anorexia Nervosa (AN) and Bulimia Nervosa (BN) form a depression complex or whether they are physiological depression accompanying adolescence. We wished to observe the perception of these patients,of their functioning, both social and within their families and also looking for common point in the issues mentioned above trying to locate them within the course of the basic illness.
  
  
  METHODS
  We studied 19 patients suffering from eating disorders, and aged between 12 and 24 years old. 15 of them suffered from the restrictive form of AN and 4 suffered from BN. The control group consisted of 30 healthy girls in the same age interval. In the study authors used the Beck Depression Inventory (BDI) and the Quebec Quality of Life Questionnaire.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Comparison of a number of points acquired in the survey using Beck Depression Scale revealed statistic significance at the level p<0.001 which points to a more frequent occurrence of depression symptoms among persons with eating disorders comparing to control group. The survey using the Questionnaire for Social Quality showed no statistically significant differences between study and control groups (p>0.05). The authors observed a statistically significant increased frequency of suicidal thoughts in the study group compared to the controls.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  To diagnose depression, depressive symptoms presented by the patients must give the image of depression at the clinical level. The result of the Beck's scale needs to be confronted with the clinical picture. Depression in adolescence requires differentiation from depressiveness.
authors: Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Medical University of Silesia, Katowice, Poland. debska.eva@gmail.com
authors: Ewa
authors: E
authors: Dêbska
authors: Adam
authors: A
authors: Janas
authors: Wojciech
authors: W
authors: Bañczyk
authors: Małgorzata
authors: M
authors: Janas-Kozik
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000294:Adolescent Behavior / Q000523:psychology; D000328:Adult; D000856:Anorexia Nervosa / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000523:psychology; D052018:Bulimia Nervosa / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000523:psychology; D002648:Child; D003863:Depression / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000523:psychology; D003866:Depressive Disorder / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000523:psychology; D005195:Family Relations; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D010865:Pilot Projects; D011044:Poland / Q000453:epidemiology; D011569:Psychiatric Status Rating Scales; D011788:Quality of Life / Q000523:psychology; D012919:Social Behavior; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D055815:Young Adult