Comorbidity between psychosis and eating disorders: a systematic review.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Comorbidity has been reported between eating disorders and psychotic illnesses such as schizophrenia, and several hypotheses regarding their relationship have been proposed. Therefore, we aimed to systematically review studies involving patients who are affected by both psychotic symptoms and eating disorders (ED).

Method

We systematically searched three databases for all studies describing psychotic symptoms among patients diagnosed with eating disorders. We conducted and reported the systematic review following the PRISMA statement.

Results

We included 67 publications, of which 41 were case reports and 26 were descriptive studies. Most of the included studies described transient psychotic symptoms among individuals with ED or suggested comorbidity between

SUBMITTER: Hovmand OR 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12044893 | biostudies-literature | 2025 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature