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Alcoholics with Eating Disorders: Prevalence and Clinical Course

A Study from Japan

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

Susumu Higuchi ,
Kenji Suzuki ,
Koichi Yamada ,
Kiyoko Parrish  and
Hiroaki Kono
Susumu Higuchi*
Affiliation:
National Institute on Alcoholism, Kurihama National Hospital, Japan
Kenji Suzuki
Affiliation:
National Institute on Alcoholism, Kurihama National Hospital, Japan
Koichi Yamada
Affiliation:
National Institute on Alcoholism, Kurihama National Hospital, Japan
Kiyoko Parrish
Affiliation:
National Institute on Alcoholism, Kurihama National Hospital, Japan
Hiroaki Kono
Affiliation:
Alcohol Epidemiologic Data System, Washington DC, USA, now Epidemiologist, Department of Health Services, University of Washington, USA
*
∗National Institute on Alcoholism, Kurihama National Hospital, 5-3-1 Nobi Yokosuka, Kanagawa 239, Japan
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Abstract

Investigation of the prevalence of eating disorders among a large sample of Japanese alcoholics admitted for hospital treatment revealed a strong association between eating disorders and alcohol abuse and alcohol dependence among young women. That association was not apparent in young men. The results of this study of the clinical courses of eating disorders and alcohol abuse and alcohol dependence suggest that women with eating disorders, especially bulimia nervosa, are at high risk of becoming alcoholic.

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Research Article
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The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 162 , Issue 3 , March 1993 , pp. 403 - 406
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Copyright © The Royal College of Psychiatrists 

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