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Drug and alcohol abuse by bulimic women and their families

Published Online:https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.144.12.1604

The author studied patterns of drug and alcohol abuse in 35 bulimic women, 35 healthy control subjects, and their first- and second-degree relatives. The bulimic women and their families had significantly higher rates of substance abuse disorders.

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