The association of traumatic events and posttraumatic stress disorder with greater eating disorder and comorbid symptom severity in residential eating disorder treatment centers.
Timothy D BrewertonMolly M PerlmanIsmael GavidiaGiulia SuroJessica GenetDouglas W BunnellPublished in: The International journal of eating disorders (2020)
Results confirm that ED-PTSD+ patients in RT are more symptomatic and have worse quality of life than ED patients without PTSD+. Integrated treatment approaches that effectively address ED-PTSD+ are greatly needed.