@article{ref1,
title="The prevalence of binge eating disorder and borderline personality symptomatology among gastric surgery patients",
journal="Eating behaviors",
year="2008",
author="Sansone, Randy A. and Schumacher, David and Wiederman, Michael W. and Routsong-Weichers, Lynn",
volume="9",
number="2",
pages="197-202",
abstract="In this study, we examined the prevalence of binge eating disorder (BED) and borderline personality disorder (BPD) in a sample of 121 candidates seeking surgery for obesity. In this predominantly female sample (85.9%), according to the Questionnaire on Eating and Weight Patterns-Revised (QEWP-R), the prevalence of BED was 6.5%. As for the prevalence of BPD, 14.0% exceeded the clinical cut-off score on the Self-Harm Inventory (SHI), 14.0% exceeded the clinical cut-off score on the borderline personality scale of the Personality Diagnostic Questionnaire-4 (PDQ-4), and 7.4% exceeded the clinical cut-off score on the McLean Screening Inventory for Borderline Personality Disorder (MSI-BPD). Overall, 24.8% of the sample exceeded the clinical cut-off on at least one measure of BPD whereas only 3.3% exceeded the clinical cut-off on all three measures. In addition, there was a significant inverse relationship between the discrepancy between highest and lowest adult body mass index, and scores on the PDQ-4 and the MSI-BPD. The authors discuss the implications of these findings.<p /><p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1471-0153",
doi="10.1016/j.eatbeh.2007.08.002",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.eatbeh.2007.08.002"
}