Presence of eating disorder symptoms in patients with obsessive-compulsive disorder.

Lasse BangUnn Beate KristensenLine WistingKristin StedalMarianne GarteÅse MindeØyvind Rø

Published in: BMC psychiatry (2020)

Our findings suggest that while ED symptoms are not generally elevated in female patients with OCD, a considerable subset of female patients may have a clinical ED or be at high risk of developing one. Clinicians should be alert to ED symptoms in female patients with OCD, and our findings raise the issue of whether ED screening of female patients with OCD is warranted.

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