Are eating disorders associated with bipolar disorder type I? Results of a Lebanese case‐control study

Abstract

Objectives: To assess the association between disordered eating and bipolar disorder (BD). Methods/Design: A case-control study, conducted between April and September 2018, enrolled 50 patients and 50 controls. Results: Higher eating attitude test scores were significantly associated with the presence of BD. This association remained after the introduction of other factors (marital status, family history of BD, shopping and gambling addictions, sleep quality, and insomnia severity) that were also associated with the presence of BD.

Associations between major depressive and bipolar disorders and eating disorder, PTSD, and comorbid symptom severity in eating disorder patients

“…Both of these rates are higher than those seen in national representative samples of individuals without EDs (Clemente et al, 2015;Kessler & Bromet, 2013), but are comparable to other studies of individuals with EDs (Calvo-Rivera et al, 2022;Hudson et al, 2007). Several authors have emphasised the bidirectional association between BD and EDs, as well as the finding that the co-occurrence of BD is associated with greater ED severity and higher rates of functional impairment and psychiatric comorbidity, which we also found (Alvarez Ruiz & Gutierrez-Rojas, 2015;McElroy et al, 2006;Obeid et al, 2021;Thiebaut, Godart, et al, 2019;Thiebaut, Jaussent, et al, 2019;Tseng et al, 2016;Tseng et al, 2017).…”

“…Mood disorders are among the most common types of psychiatric disorders comorbid with eating disorders (Eds; Castellini et al., 2011; Hambleton et al., 2022; Hudson et al., 2007; Ulfvebrand et al., 2015). Of these, major depressive disorder (MDD) is the most frequently seen, although higher than expected rates of bipolar disorder (BD) are also reported (Alvarez Ruiz & Gutierrez‐Rojas, 2015; Hambleton et al., 2022; McElroy et al., 2006; Obeid et al., 2021; Radon et al., 2022; Thiebaut, Godart, et al., 2019; Tseng et al., 2016). Mood disorders are associated with high degrees of disability and impaired quality of life and enhanced morbidity and mortality (Gold et al., 2015; Judd et al., 2000; McIntyre et al., 2020, 2022).…”

Maladaptive Cognitive Schemas as Predictors of Disordered Eating: Examining the Indirect Pathway through Emotion Regulation Difficulties

“…Previously conducted research in multiple nations and cultural settings, including the Lebanese population, has emphasized the correlations between eating pathology and psychological distress, body dissatisfaction, personality traits/disorders, and affect-related difficulties [ 7 , 8 , 9 , 10 , 11 ]. However, when studying the psychopathology of disordered eating development, further overriding factors to explore are dysfunctional core beliefs [ 12 ].…”