Am J Psychiatry 1989; 146:1585-1591
Copyright © 1989 by American Psychiatric Association
DSM-III-R personality disorders in patients with eating disorders
AF Gartner, RN Marcus, K Halmi and AW Loranger
Sheppard and Enoch Pratt Hospital, Baltimore, MD.
The authors conducted a systematic examination of DSM-III-R personality
disorders among 35 patients with eating disorders. Fifty-seven percent of
the patients met the criteria for at least one axis II diagnosis;
borderline, self-defeating, and avoidant were the most frequently assigned
personality disorders. Forty percent of the patients were given two or more
diagnoses, and 17% of the patients met criteria for five to seven
diagnoses. No differences were found between patients with anorexia
nervosa, anorexia and bulimia nervosa, and bulimia nervosa in the
distribution of diagnoses or the frequency with which individual criteria
(traits) were assigned.
