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Eating disorder analysis should be included in assessments for mood and suicide.

Women's Health Weekly

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2003 OCT 2 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Eating disorder analysis should be included in assessments for mood and suicide.

"In a mixed male-female sample of 1000 adolescents age 15 to 19 years in a northeastern area of Italy, we investigated the links between eating disorders and suicidal tendencies by means of self-compiled measures, including the Eating Attitudes Test (EAT), the Bulimic Investigatory Test of Edinburgh (BITE), the Body Attitudes Test (BAT), and the SCL-90-R," according to a study from Italy.

"More females than males reported abnormal eating patterns suggesting eating disorders: we found that 100 females (15.8%) and 8 males (2.8%) achieved scores above the suggested cutoff on EAT (cutoff = 30), 26 females (4.1%) and 1 male (.3%) achieved scores above the suggested cutoff on BITE (cutoff = 20), and 287 females (45.5%) and 24 males (8.6%) achieved scores above the suggested cutoff on BAT (cutoff = 36)," P. Miotto and colleagues, University of Cagliari, Department of Psychology said.

"More females than males also reported symptoms of hopelessness (44.3% vs. 30.5%) and suicidal ideation (30.8% vs. 25.3%). Both males and females reporting ...

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