The impact of personality disorders on eating disorder outcomes in women with bulimia nervosa and binge eating disorder
European Food Chemistry & Eating Disorder Congress
July 26-27, 2018 | Amsterdam, Netherlands

Ranjeet Bassi

Birmingham and Solihull Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust, United Kingdom

Posters & Accepted Abstracts: J Food Process Techno

Abstract:

Objective: The purpose of this study was to investigate whether personality disorders are associated with eating disorder symptoms and general functioning in women with bulimia nervosa (BN) or binge eating disorder (BED). Materials & Method: The study conducted a secondary data analysis on data from a comparative psychotherapy trial (McIntosh et al., 2016) for 112 women who met criteria for BN (N=57) or BED (N=53). The presence or not, of a personality disorder was examined in relation to eating disorder symptoms, general functioning, social adjustment, and general psychopathology. Results: Having a personality disorder was associated with worse social adjustment scores and worse psychopathology at baseline. At 2-years, women with a personality disorder showed poorer general functioning and poorer social adjustment. They also showed differences in two areas of psychopathology; interpersonal sensitivity and depression scores. There were no differences in eating disorder symptoms between women with and without a personality disorder. An interaction analysis showed that the association between having a personality disorder and having poorer general and social functioning was same in both BN and BED. Discussion: These findings imply that having a personality disorder does not impair recovery from the eating disorder itself; the presence of a personality disorder has an impact on social adjustment, general functioning, interpersonal sensitivity, and depressive symptoms. This should be considered when treating and managing patients with eating disorders. BED is a relatively new diagnostic category; therefore, this study adds valuable knowledge to the literature on personality disorders in BED.

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E-mail: ranjeet2243@googlemail.com