title: Association of Beck Depression Inventory score and Temperament and Character Inventory-125 in patients with eating disorders and severe malnutrition.
abstract: The authors investigated the association between personality and physical/mental status in malnourished patients with eating disorders. A total of 45 patients with anorexia nervosa, avoidant/restrictive food intake disorder, and other specified feeding or eating disorders were included and compared with 39 healthy controls. Personality characteristics and severity of depression were assessed using the Temperament and Character Inventory-125 and Beck's Depression Inventory. Depression correlated with harm avoidance and self-directedness in both cases and controls. Body mass index did not correlate with personality in either group. These findings should be verified by longitudinal studies with higher weight/weight recovered patients.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry, Nagoya University Hospital, 65 Tsurumai, Showa, Nagoya, Aichi 466-8550 Japan.
authors.forename: Satoshi
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Tanaka
authors.affiliation: Health Care Promotion Division, DENSO Corporation, 1-1, Showacho, Kariya, Aichi 448-8661 Japan.
authors.forename: Keizo
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Yoshida
authors.affiliation: Minami-Seikyo Hospital, 2-204, Minamioodaka, Midori, Nagoya, Aichi 459-8540 Japan.
authors.forename: Hiroto
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Katayama
authors.affiliation: Seichiryo Hospital, 16-27, Tsurumai 4, Showa, Nagoya, Aichi 466-0064 Japan.
authors.forename: Kunihiro
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kohmura
authors.affiliation: Institute of Innovation for Future Society, Nagoya University, Furocho, Chikusa, Nagoya, Aichi 464-8601 Japan.
authors.forename: Naoko
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Kawano
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, 65 Tsurumai, Showa, Nagoya, Aichi 466-8550 Japan.
authors.forename: Miho
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Imaeda
authors.affiliation: Saku Central Hospital, 197 Usuda, Saku, Nagano 384-0301 Japan.
authors.forename: Saki
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kato
authors.affiliation: Center for Advanced Medicine and Clinical Research, Nagoya University Hospital, 65 Tsurumai, Showa, Nagoya, Aichi 466-8550 Japan.
authors.forename: Masahiko
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ando
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, 65 Tsurumai, Showa, Nagoya, Aichi 466-8550 Japan.
authors.forename: Branko
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Aleksic
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, 65 Tsurumai, Showa, Nagoya, Aichi 466-8550 Japan.
authors.forename: Kazuo
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Nishioka
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, 65 Tsurumai, Showa, Nagoya, Aichi 466-8550 Japan.
authors.forename: Norio
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Ozaki
keywords: Anorexia nervosa; Depression; Eating disorder; Harm avoidance; Self-directedness; Severe malnutrition