title: [Eating disorders and drug addiction].
abstract: The link between drug addiction and eating disorders is often noted in clinical practice and in the literature. This may be due to their phenomenological, structural and systemic manifestations. In this paper, we shall underline these numerous links as well as their impact on the treatment of eating disorders. Addictive behaviour has long been well defined by clinicians and offers a model of understanding the underlying mechanisms of eating disorders without, however, identifying them with addiction. Eating disorders as well as addictions are multifactorial disorders implying different vulnerability traits, involving biological, psychological, familial and sociological factors. Their management therefore requires a multidisciplinary approach.
authors.affiliation: Maitre de Conference a I'ULg, CHC-Liege, Belgique. sonia.fuchs@chc.be
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Fuchs
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Geronooz
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Cleinge
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Mezzena
mesh_terms: D001068:Feeding and Eating Disorders / Q000150:complications* / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D019966:Substance-Related Disorders / Q000150:complications* / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy*