The influence of prior alcohol and drug abuse problems on bulimia nervosa treatment outcome

James E. Mitchell, Richard Pyle, Elke D Eckert, Dorothy K Hatsukami

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Abstract

This study examined the impact of prior alcohol/drug abuse problems on long-term outcome for a series of women with bulimia nervosa. The patients with a history of alcohol/drug abuse problems were not more likely to demonstrate a pattern drug use following bulimia treatment, and overall their outcome was comparable to the outcome of those patients who had not had alcohol/drug abuse problems.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)169-173
Number of pages5
JournalAddictive Behaviors
Volume15
Issue number2
DOIs
StatePublished - 1990

Bibliographical note

Funding Information:
Supported in part by NIMH Grants MH40377 and MH43296. Requests for reprints should be sent to Dr. James E. Mitchell, Department of Psychiatry, Box 393, University of Minnesota Hospital and Clinic, Harvard Street at East River Road, Minneapolis, MN 55455.

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