Demitrack M A, Putnam F W, Brewerton T D, Brandt H A, Gold P W
Unit on Eating Disorders, NIMH, Bethesda, Md.
Am J Psychiatry. 1990 Sep;147(9):1184-8. doi: 10.1176/ajp.147.9.1184.
In this study 30 female patients with eating disorders were compared with 30 age-matched normal female subjects. The patients demonstrated significantly higher levels of dissociative psychopathology than the comparison subjects. Furthermore, the presence of severe dissociative experience appeared to be specifically related to a propensity for self-mutilation and suicidal behavior. These findings are discussed in light of recent data which suggest that neurochemical systems shown to be abnormal in patients with eating disorders may be key pathophysiologic substrates for dissociative experience.
在本研究中，将30名饮食失调的女性患者与30名年龄匹配的正常女性受试者进行了比较。患者表现出比对照受试者明显更高水平的分离性精神病理学症状。此外，严重分离体验的存在似乎与自残和自杀行为倾向特别相关。根据最近的数据对这些发现进行了讨论，这些数据表明，在饮食失调患者中显示异常的神经化学系统可能是分离体验的关键病理生理基础。
