Eating Disorders, Co-Morbid Disorders and Early Risk Factors Amongst Post-9/11 Veteran Men and Women.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To assess, by interview, the rates of eating disorders in a nationally representative sample of recent veterans, describe their DSM-5 eating disorder diagnoses and the occurrence of comorbid psychiatric disorders. To conduct an exploratory case-control analysis of previously documented and additional specific military risk factors before eating disorder onset to inform studies of prospective risk.

Method

Using a two-stage design, probable cases and controls were identified by screening questionnaires from a sample of 1494 veterans who completed a survey study and interviewed to establish case status and confirm probable co-morbid psychiatric diagnoses. Previously documented risk factors and military risk factors occurring before disorder onset were investigated.

SUBMITTER: Cooper Z 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11802485 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature