Association of binge eating disorder and psychiatric comorbidity in obese subjects [published erratum appears in Am J Psychiatry 1993 Dec;150(12):1910]

Abstract

The authors determined the prevalence of binge eating disorder in a self-referred study group of moderately and severely obese subjects and investigated whether binge eating disorder was associated with psychiatric disorders, a history of psychotherapy, a family history of psychiatric illness, or a history of sexual abuse.