Features associated with diet pill use in individuals with eating disorders

Lauren Reba-Harrelson; Ann Von Holle; Laura M. Thornton; Kelly L. Klump; Wade H. Berrettini; Harry Brandt; Steven Crawford; Scott Crow; Manfred M. Fichter; David Goldman; Katherine A. Halmi; Craig Johnson; Allan S. Kaplan; Pamela Keel; Maria LaVia; James Mitchell; Katherine Plotnicov; Alessandro Rotondo; Michael Strober; Janet Treasure; D. Blake Woodside; Walter H. Kaye; Cynthia M. Bulik

doi:10.1016/j.eatbeh.2007.04.001

Features associated with diet pill use in individuals with eating disorders

Lauren Reba-Harrelson, Ann Von Holle, Laura M. Thornton, Kelly L. Klump, Wade H. Berrettini, Harry Brandt, Steven Crawford, Scott Crow, Manfred M. Fichter, David Goldman, Katherine A. Halmi, Craig Johnson, Allan S. Kaplan, Pamela Keel, Maria LaVia, James Mitchell, Katherine Plotnicov, Alessandro Rotondo, Michael Strober, Janet TreasureD. Blake Woodside, Walter H. Kaye, Cynthia M. Bulik

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Abstract

We investigated the relation between diet pill use and eating disorder subtype, purging and other compensatory behaviors, body mass index (BMI), tobacco and caffeine use, alcohol abuse or dependence, personality characteristics, and Axis I and Axis II disorders in 1,345 participants from the multisite Price Foundation Genetics Studies. Diet pill use was significantly less common in women with restricting type of AN than in women with other eating disorder subtypes. In addition, diet pill use was associated with the use of multiple weight control behaviors, higher BMI, higher novelty seeking, and the presence of anxiety disorders, alcohol abuse or dependence, and borderline personality disorder. Findings suggest that certain clinical and personality variables distinguish individuals with eating disorders who use diet pills from those who do not. In the eating disorder population, vigilant screening for diet pill use should be routine clinical practice.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	73-81
Number of pages	9
Journal	Eating Behaviors
Volume	9
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eatbeh.2007.04.001
State	Published - Jan 2008

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The author thanks the Price Foundation for the support of the clinical collection of participants and support of data analysis. The author acknowledges the staff of the Price Foundation Collaborative Group for their efforts in participant screening and clinical assessments. The author is indebted to the participating families for their contribution of time and effort in support of this study. This study was also supported by grant MH-66117 from the National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD.

Keywords

Diet pills
Eating disorders
Novelty seeking
Weight control behaviors

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Reba-Harrelson, L., Von Holle, A., Thornton, L. M., Klump, K. L., Berrettini, W. H., Brandt, H., Crawford, S., Crow, S., Fichter, M. M., Goldman, D., Halmi, K. A., Johnson, C., Kaplan, A. S., Keel, P., LaVia, M., Mitchell, J., Plotnicov, K., Rotondo, A., Strober, M., ... Bulik, C. M. (2008). Features associated with diet pill use in individuals with eating disorders. Eating Behaviors, 9(1), 73-81. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eatbeh.2007.04.001

Reba-Harrelson, L, Von Holle, A, Thornton, LM, Klump, KL, Berrettini, WH, Brandt, H, Crawford, S, Crow, S, Fichter, MM, Goldman, D, Halmi, KA, Johnson, C, Kaplan, AS, Keel, P, LaVia, M, Mitchell, J, Plotnicov, K, Rotondo, A, Strober, M, Treasure, J, Woodside, DB, Kaye, WH & Bulik, CM 2008, 'Features associated with diet pill use in individuals with eating disorders', Eating Behaviors, vol. 9, no. 1, pp. 73-81. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eatbeh.2007.04.001

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