Eating disorders and chronic post traumatic stress disorder: Issues of psychopathology and comorbidity

This article reviews in both directions the recent literature on the relationship between Eating Disorders (ED) and chronic Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) to shed some light on an area of comorbidity for too long overlooked. PTSD may be the commonest anxiety disorder in ED but it seems to be independent from ED. Clinicians should be aware that PTSD might represent more than just an occasional occurrence in ED clinical work and should know how to approach it. Copyright (C) 2002 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd and Eating Disorders Association.