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The Relationship between Concurrent Substance Use Disorders and Eating Disorders with Personality Disorders

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  • Christine Courbasson

    (Department of Psychiatry, University of Toronto, Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, 33 Russell Street, Toronto, Ontario, M5S 2S1 Canada)

  • Jacqueline M. Brunshaw

    (Eating Disorders and Addiction Clinic, Concurrent Disorders Service, Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, 33 Russell Street, Toronto, Ontario, M5S 2S1 Canada)

Abstract

Objective: The current pilot study investigated whether patients with concurrent substance use disorders and eating disorders (SUD and ED) who experienced a reduction in SUD and ED symptoms following treatment for SUD and ED also experienced a reduction in personality disorder (PD) symptoms. Method: Twenty patients with SUD and ED and PD were assessed pre and post treatment using clinical interviews, self-report questionnaires, and a therapist questionnaire on DSM-IV-TR symptoms for PD. Results: Symptoms for the personality disorders were reduced following treatment. This reduction was correlated with a decrease in the number of symptoms of ED at post treatment. Discussion: Chronic concurrent SUD and ED may make it difficult to separate PD symptoms from co-occurring disorders. Many features attributed to PDs may be reduced when problematic substance use and disordered eating are addressed, a fact that may increase clinician and patients’optimism about therapeutic change.

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  • Christine Courbasson & Jacqueline M. Brunshaw, 2009. "The Relationship between Concurrent Substance Use Disorders and Eating Disorders with Personality Disorders," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 6(7), pages 1-14, July.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jijerp:v:6:y:2009:i:7:p:2076-2089:d:5409
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    1. Julija Gecaite-Stonciene & Naomi A. Fineberg & Aurelija Podlipskyte & Julius Neverauskas & Alicja Juskiene & Narseta Mickuviene & Julius Burkauskas, 2020. "Mental Fatigue, But Not other Fatigue Characteristics, as a Candidate Feature of Obsessive Compulsive Personality Disorder in Patients with Anxiety and Mood Disorders—An Exploratory Study," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 17(21), pages 1-10, November.

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