Association Between Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder and Bulimia Nervosa in Outpatients With Eating Disorders

Mass General Brigham

Status: Completed

Conditions: Bulimia Nervosa; Eating Disorders; ADHD

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT00916071

2007-P-002374

Details and patient eligibility

About

To understand whether a relationship exists between eating disorders and ADHD, we seek to clarify the prevalence of ADHD in individuals with eating disorders. To this end, we will estimate the prevalence of ADHD, and other neuropsychiatric disorders, in outpatients with history of an eating disorder diagnosis. Secondarily, we will identify patterns of cognitive deficits in outpatients with history of an eating disorder diagnosis. We will also examine whether ADHD in this population is associated with functional and familial correlates associated with ADHD.

Enrollment: 64 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 55 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Male and female outpatients between, and including, 18 and 55 years of age with a history of eating disorder diagnosis.

Exclusion criteria

• Any clinically unstable psychiatric conditions such as: acute psychosis, acute panic, acute obsessive compulsive disorder, acute mania, acute suicidality, acute substance use disorders (alcohol or drugs), and sociopathy.
• Any metabolic, neurological, hepatic, renal, cardiovascular, hematological, opthalmic, or endocrine disease that would confound ability to participate in valid assessments.
• Mental retardation (IQ <75).
• Organic brain disorders.
• Non-English speaking subjects will not be allowed into the study because the assessment instruments are unavailable and have not been adequately standardized in other languages.

Trial design

64 participants in 1 patient group

Eating Disorders

Description:

Study subjects will be individuals with a history of eating disorder(s) diagnosis