SynthesisEating and weight disorders : EWD2017
The comorbidity of personality disorders in eating disorders: a meta-analysis.
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Metacognitive Interpersonal Therapy Across Transdiagnostic Eating Disorders Including Underweight: Study Protocol for a Single-arm Pilot Study
A Longitudinal Study of Severe and Enduring Eating Disorders
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76 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 196 citations in OpenAlex.
- The Relationship Between Early Maladaptive Schemas and Cluster C Personality Disorder Traits: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Current psychiatry reports · 2023Pooled it
- Prevalence of Eating Disorders in People With Borderline Personality Disorder: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Clinical psychology & psychotherapyPooled it
- Is physical exercise and dietary therapy a feasible alternative to cognitive behavior therapy in treatment of eating disorders? A randomized controlled trial of two group therapies.The International journal of eating disorders · 2020Trial
- Adolescent disordered eating and epigenetic age acceleration.Molecular psychiatry · 2026Article
- Interoception and borderline personality disorder in female adolescents with restrictive eating disorders.Eating and weight disorders : EWD · 2026Article
- Which EDE-Q items are structurally relevant in borderline personality disorder? An exploratory graph analysis.Borderline personality disorder and emotion dysregulation · 2026Article
- The effects of waiting time for outpatient psychotherapeutic interventions on patient-reported outcomes in adolescents and adults with eating disorders: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Journal of eating disorders · 2026Review
- Personality, Emotion Regulation, and Psychological Distress in Italian Women with Feeding and Eating Disorders: A Cross-Sectional Study.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- The Bonny Method of Guided Imagery and Music as a trauma-informed approach in eating disorder treatment: theoretical framework and case illustrations.Journal of eating disorders · 2026Article
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- Affect before diagnosis: applying affective neuroscience to psychiatry.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2026Article
- Rigid Minds: The Role of Obsessive-Compulsive Personality Traits in Anorexia Nervosa.The International journal of eating disorders · 2025Article
- Assessing schema modes for eating disorders and their association with personality traits: validation of the English version of the short form of the schema modes inventory for eating disorders (EN-SMI-ED-SF).Journal of eating disorders · 2025Article
- Restrictive and Binge-Purge OSFED Variants: Clinical Features and Comparisons With Classical Eating Disorders.The International journal of eating disorders · 2025Article
- Mapping the Mind: Gray Matter Signatures of Personality Pathology in Female Adolescent Anorexia Nervosa Persist Through Treatment.Journal of clinical medicine · 2025Article
- Using CBT-E in the Treatment of Anorexia Nervosa With Comorbid Obsessive-Compulsive Personality Disorder and Clinical Perfectionism.Journal of clinical psychology · 2025Article
- The Association Between Identity Functioning and Personality Pathology in Female Patients with Eating Disorders.Nutrients · 2025Article
- Personality Functioning in Inpatients With Eating Disorders: Association With Symptom Severity and Treatment Outcome.European eating disorders review : the journal of the Eating Disorders Association · 2025Article
- A Qualitative Study of the Lived Treatment Experiences of Women With an Eating Disorder and Comorbid Borderline Personality Disorder.The International journal of eating disorders · 2025Article
- Treatment outcomes for adolescent bulimia nervosa: a systematic scoping review of quantitative findings.Journal of eating disorders · 2025Review
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Abstract
purposeThe present meta-analysis summarized the proportion of comorbid personality disorders (PDs) in patients with anorexia (AN) and bulimia nervosa (BN), respectively, and examined possible moderating variables.
methodsA search of the databases PsychINFO, Embase, and Medline for the period 1980-2016 identified 87 studies from 18 different countries.
resultsThe mean proportion of PDs among patients with any type of eating disorder (ED) was .52 compared to .09 in healthy controls. There were no statistically significant differences between AN (.49) and BN (.54) in proportions of any PD or PD clusters except for obsessive-compulsive PD (.23 vs .12 in AN and BN, respectively).
conclusionsBoth ED diagnoses had a similar comorbidity profile with a high prevalence of borderline and avoidant PDs. Moderator analyses conducted for any ED and any PD yielded significant differences for diagnostic systems with respect to EDs, method for assessing PD as well as patient weight and age.
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