Structured diagnostic interviews were used to determine DSM-III-R axis I
and II diagnoses among 136 female psychiatric inpatients. To distinguish
comorbidity of eating disorders with axis I and II disorders from simple
diagnostic overlap, the frequency and distribution of diagnoses among the
31 patients with an eating disorder and the 105 without an eating disorder
were compared. Social phobia, substance use disorders, borderline
personality disorder, and avoidant personality disorder were diagnosed in a
significantly larger proportion of the group with eating disorders. Future
studies should focus on interpreting the meaning of the co-occurrence of
these disorders in patients with eating disorders.
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