A Psychoanalytic Study of Eating Disorders

A previous article (Bemporad et'al., 1992) reporting the results of a questionnaire study of Academy members engaged in the treatment of patients with eating disorders described developmental aspects of 67 index cases. This report will focus on (1) comparisons between the group of 67 eating-disordered individuals and 23 control cases who presented with personality disorders, as well as on (2) differences within the eating disordered group, and (3) generalizations concerning the entire sample of 90 individuals. The details of the methodology of this study have been described previously (Bemporad et al., 1992). As stated earlier, the authors chose a control group of same gender and age patients with personality disorders as these appeared to most closely approximate the clinical and psychodynamic features of the index group with the exception of an eating disorder

Developmental psychology · Eating disorders · Personality · Personality disorders · Psychoanalysis · Psychoanalytic theory · Psychodynamics · Psychotherapist · Clinical Psychology · Eating Disorders and Behaviors · Personality Disorders and Psychopathology · Psychological Treatments and Disorders · Psychology