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Binge Eating Disorder in obese patients suffering from psychosis and mood disorders Fragiskos Gonidakis Eirini Ralli Evelyn Spilioti Aimilia Tsertou Maria Ginieri-CoccossisEleftheria Varsou<p><strong>Purpose: </strong>The aim of the study was to investigate the possible impact of Binge Eating Disorder (BED) on quality of life (QoL),&nbsp; social&nbsp; anxiety, and perceived mental health in obese patients suffering from psychosis and mood disorder.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Two hundred obese individuals suffering from psychosis and mood disorder who applied at a program for weight loss were approached during their first visit to the program. One hundred and ninety- six of the patients participated in the study.&nbsp; Participants’ weights&nbsp; and&nbsp; heights were measured prior to the administration of the questionnaires. Each participant completed the World Health Organization-Brief Quality of Life Assessment Scale, the&nbsp; General Health Questionnaire, the Social Physique Anxiety&nbsp; Scale, and a questionnaire on dietary and activity habits.</p><p><strong>Results:&nbsp;</strong> Sixty-nine participants (35.2%) were found to suffer from BED according&nbsp; to&nbsp; DSM-V criteria. The comparison between the BED and non-BED participants showed that&nbsp; the&nbsp; Body&nbsp; Mass Index (BMI) of the BED/psychosis&nbsp; group&nbsp; (mean:&nbsp; 35.4)&nbsp; was&nbsp; higher&nbsp; (Mann-Whitney&nbsp; U&nbsp; test:&nbsp; p=0.04)&nbsp; than the non-BED/ psychosis group (mean: 31.8). Also the BED/mood disorders group showed lower than the non-BED/mood disorder scores in all the&nbsp; QoL&nbsp; measurements, general&nbsp; health&nbsp; (total&nbsp; score&nbsp; and&nbsp; depression&nbsp; sub-scale)&nbsp; and social physique anxiety measurements. Furthermore, the psychological domain of OoL was the factor that differed&nbsp; between&nbsp; the&nbsp; BED&nbsp; and&nbsp; non-BED&nbsp; group&nbsp; (OR=&nbsp; 9.8,&nbsp; p=0.02)&nbsp; indicating&nbsp; thus&nbsp; that&nbsp; the&nbsp; group&nbsp; of&nbsp; obese mental health patients that is suffering from BED is highly burdened with low psychological quality of life. </p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>BED in psychotic obese patients is related mainly with increased body weight&nbsp; while in mood disorder obese patients is related with a variety of perceived aspects of well-being.</p> Archives of Depression and Anxiety - Peertechz Publications 2017-06-21 Research Article https://doi.org/10.17352/2455-5460.000018 en Copyright © Fragiskos Gonidakis et al.