@article{ref1,
title="History of sexual abuse in patients with bulimia nervosa: its influence on clinical status",
journal="Actas espanolas de psiquiatria",
year="2005",
author="Vaz Leal, F. J. and Guisado Macías, J. A. and García-Herraiz, M. A. and López Vinuesa, B. and Monge Bautista, M. and Bolívar Perálvarez, M.",
volume="33",
number="3",
pages="135-140",
abstract="INTRODUCTION: Studies analyzing the relationship between sexual abuse and bulimia nervosa (BN) have reported discrepant results. This study aimed to assess the role of a history of sexual abuse in the clinical status of a group of patients diagnosed of BN using DSM-IV diagnostic criteria. METHODS: Seventy patients with BN were assessed using specific clinical tools: Eating Attitudes Test-40 items (EAT-40), Bulimia Investigation Test Edinburgh (BITE), Symptom Checklist (SCL-90), Structured Clinical Interview for DSM-IV Axis II Personality Disorders (SCID-II), Sixteen Personality Factors Test (16-PF) and a clinical interview for the assessment of past and current substance abuse. The data from the 15 patients with a history of sexual abuse (21.4 % of the sample) were compared with those from the 55 patients without such a history. RESULTS: Both groups were very similar regarding symptom severity. Only the tendency to somatization and higher scores in the factor E of the 16-PF (dominance) were associated with antecedents of sexual abuse in the sample. CONCLUSIONS: The results support the idea that sexual abuse may be related to higher non-specific vulnerability to psychopathology, but do not increase symptom severity in BN patients.<p /><p>Language: es</p>",
language="es",
issn="1139-9287",
doi="",
url="http://dx.doi.org/"
}