Journal article
Lifetime substance abuse, family history of alcohol abuse/dependence and novelty seeking in eating disorders: Comparison study of eating disorder subgroups
I Krug, AP Pinheiro, C Bulik, S Jiménez-Murcia, R Granero, E Penelo, C Masuet, Z Agüera, F Fernández-Aranda
Psychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences | WILEY | Published : 2009
Abstract
Aim: To assess lifetime substance abuse, family history of alcohol abuse/dependence, and novelty seeking in three different eating disorder groups (anorexia nervosa-restrictive; anorexia nervosa-binge eating/purging; anorexia nervosa to bulimia nervosa). Method: A total sample of 371 eating disorder patients participated in the current study. Assessment measures included the prevalence of substance abuse and family history of alcohol abuse/dependence as well as the novelty-seeking subscale of the Temperament and Character Inventory-Revised. Results: Significant differences across groups were detected for lifetime substance abuse, with anorexia nervosa-restrictive individuals exhibiting a sig..
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Funding Acknowledgements
Support was received from FIS (CIBER-CB06/03 and FIS PI-040619); Generalitat de Catalunya (2005SGR00322) and FI (2005 FI 00425). CIBERobn is an initiative of Instituto Carlos III of Spain. This work is part of the dissertation of IK at the University of Barcelona. This work was developed also within the PlayMancer project, which is partially funded by the European Commission under the Seventh Framework Programme (FP7-ICT-215839-2007).