Obsessive-compulsive symptoms in female patients with an eating disorder with or without impulsive non-suicidal self-injury.

Laurence ClaesTinne BuelensLies DepesteleEva DierckxKatrien SchoevaertsKoen Luyckx

Published in: European eating disorders review : the journal of the Eating Disorders Association (2021)

In sum, the presence of recent/lifetime impulsive NSSI in patients with an ED seems to be related to more severe OC symptoms. Hence, this comorbidity needs to be addressed in psychotherapy, such as in transdiagnostic cognitive behavioural therapy for EDs.

Keyphrases

obsessive compulsive disorder
emergency department
sleep quality
depressive symptoms
early onset
drug induced
physical activity