ArticleThe American journal of drug and alcohol abuse2015
Exploring the relationship between eating disorder symptoms and substance use severity in women with comorbid PTSD and substance use disorders.
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- Examining the daily relationship between guilt, shame, and substance use among veterans with psychiatric disorders.Drug and alcohol dependence reports · 2023Article
- Mechanisms by which adverse childhood experiences, other traumas and PTSD influence the health and well-being of individuals with eating disorders throughout the life span.Journal of eating disorders · 2022Review
- Using Illicit Drugs to Lose Weight among Recovering Female Drug Users in China: An Exploratory Qualitative Study.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
- Binge eating and alcohol consumption: an integrative review.Eating and weight disorders : EWD · 2021Review
- Differences in eating disorder symptoms and affect regulation for residential eating disorder patients with problematic substance use.Eating and weight disorders : EWD · 2020Article
- Gender and racial/ethnic differences in physiologic responses in the Stimulant Reduction Intervention using Dosed Exercise Study.Addictive behaviors · 2020Article
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- The "Women and Trauma" study and its national impact on advancing trauma specific approaches in community substance use treatment and research.Journal of substance abuse treatment · 2020Article
- Update on Psychological Trauma, Other Severe Adverse Experiences and Eating Disorders: State of the Research and Future Research Directions.Current psychiatry reports · 2017Review
- Exploring Relationships between Recurrent Binge Eating and Illicit Substance Use in a Non-Clinical Sample of Women over Two Years.Behavioral sciences (Basel, Switzerland) · 2017Article
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Abstract
backgroundEating disorders (ED) and substance use disorders (SUD) commonly co-occur, especially in conjunction with posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), yet little is known about ED and ED symptoms in women presenting to addiction treatment programs.
objectiveWe examined the association between ED symptoms and substance use frequency and severity in a sample of women with a DSM IV diagnosis of current SUD and PTSD enrolled in SUD treatment.
methodParticipants were 122 women from four substance abuse treatment sites who participated in a multi-site clinical trial through the National Institute of Drug Abuse Clinical Trials Network (NIDA CTN). The Eating Disorder Examination-Questionnaire (EDE-Q), the Clinician's Administered PTSD Scale (CAPS) and the Addiction Severity Index (ASI) were administered at baseline and correlational analyses were performed. Variables that significantly correlated with EDE-Q total and subscale scores were entered into a linear regression analysis.
resultsScores on the EDE-Q Global scale, as well as the Eating Concern, Weight Concern and Shape Concern subscales of the EDE-Q were significantly associated with Caucasian race/ethnicity, past 30 day opiate use, higher ASI Psychiatric Subscale score and lower ASI Employment Subscale score.
conclusionAlthough exploratory, these findings suggest that there may be a relationship between addiction severity, use of certain drugs of abuse and eating disorder symptoms, particularly those involving weight and shape concerns in women with comorbid PTSD and SUD.
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