“…Although the concept of partial EDs is still ambiguous because of differences in selection criteria, definitions and a greater overall psychopathology than those with no disordered eating (Garner et al, 1984). These subjects demonstrate elevated levels of neuroticism (Dancyger and Garfinkel, 1995;Johnson-Sabine et al, 1988;Mann et al, 1983), depression (Dancyger and Garfinkel, 1995), anxiety , obsessionality and impulsivity (Patton, 1988;Steiger et al, 1991Steiger et al, , 1992, and increased rates of substance abuse (Fisher et al, 1991), low self-esteem and feelings of inadequacy (Kendler et al, 1991), high psychosocial distress (Kischuk et al, 1992), history of emotional problems (Dancyger and Garfinkel, 1995), and parental mental illness .…”