1. ADHD symptomatology in eating disorders: a secondary psychopathological measure of severity?
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Ana B. Fagundo, Susana Jiménez-Murcia, Laurence Claes, Rosa Bosch, Isabel Sánchez, José M. Menchón, Fernando Fernández-Aranda, Nadine Riesco, Roser Granero, Eva Penelo, Rita Tatiana Amiel Castro, Miquel Casas, Jose Antoni Ramos-Quiroga, Zaida Agüera, Universitat de Barcelona, University of Zurich, and Fernández-Aranda, Fernando
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Adult ,medicine.medical_specialty ,media_common.quotation_subject ,Personality Assessment ,Severity of Illness Index ,Personality profiles ,behavioral disciplines and activities ,Feeding and Eating Disorders ,2738 Psychiatry and Mental Health ,Eating disorder not otherwise specified ,mental disorders ,medicine ,Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder ,Humans ,ADHD ,Psychiatry ,Trastorns de la conducta alimentària ,media_common ,Psychiatric Status Rating Scales ,Binge eating ,Psychopathology ,10093 Institute of Psychology ,Novelty seeking ,medicine.disease ,Eating disorders ,Psychiatry and Mental health ,Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder ,Attention Deficit Disorder with Hyperactivity ,Trastorns per dèficit d'atenció amb hiperactivitat en els adults ,Attention deficit disorder with hyperactivity in adults ,Temperament ,Female ,Self Report ,medicine.symptom ,Personality Assessment Inventory ,Personalitat ,Psychology ,150 Psychology ,Clinical psychology ,Research Article ,Personality - Abstract
Background: Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) has commonly been described in psychiatric disorders. Although several studies have found positive associations between abnormal eating patterns during childhood and ADHD, there is a lack of studies on ADHD and Eating Disorders (ED). The aims of this exploratory study were 1) to assess the ADHD symptoms level in ED and to ascertain whether there are differences among ED subtypes; 2) to analyze whether the presence of ADHD symptoms is associated with more severe eating disorder symptoms and greater general psychopathology; and 3) to assess whether the ADHD symptoms level is associated with specific temperament and character traits. Methods: 191 female ED patients were included. Assessment was carried out with the EDI-2, ASRS-v1.1, the SCL-90-R and the TCI-R. Results: The ADHD symptoms level was similar in bulimia, eating disorder not otherwise specified and binge eating subtypes, and lower in anorexic patients. Obsessiveness and Hostility were significantly positively associated with ADHD symptoms. A path model showed that ADHD was associated with high Novelty Seeking and low Self-Directedness, whereas ED severity was influenced by ADHD severity and low Self-Directedness. Conclusions: Bingeing/purging ED subtypes have a high ADHD symptoms level, also related with more severe eating, general and personality psychopathology.
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- 2013