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Table 1 Lifetime comorbid diagnoses (DSM IV)

From: Axis-I comorbidity is linked to prospective instability of diagnoses within eating disorders

Axis I (clinical syndromes)

%

Axis II (personality disorders)

%

Affective disorder

50.5

Cluster A (odd)

9.9

Major Depression

37.0

paranoid

5.2

Dysthymia

16.7

  
  

Cluster B (dramatic)

17.2

Substance abuse

25.5

Borderline

13.0

Alcohol

10.9

  

Cannabis

6.3

Cluster C (anxious)

55.7

others

10.9

self-unsure

21.4

  

dependent

9.4

Anxiety disorder

52.1

obsessive-compulsive

44.3

Panic disorder

10.4

  

Social phobia

19.3

Not specific (appendix)

 

Specific phobia

8.9

negativistic

6.3

Obsessive-compulsive disorder

31.8

depressive

21.9

Generalized anxiety disorder

14.6