Healio (11/10, Gramigna) reports, “Substance use disorders appeared to increase excess mortality among patients with eating disorders, according to results of a nationwide register-based retrospective cohort study.” In a study aimed at examining “the link between AUDs/other SUDs and mortality in anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa and unspecified eating disorder compared with matched control participants,” researchers “analyzed data of 20,759 patients with eating disorders and 83,036 matched control participants included in Danish nationwide registers.” They found that “results showed increased risk for all-cause mortality among patients who abused alcohol and/or cannabis or hard drugs alone or combined with alcohol and/or cannabis.” Furthermore, “controls with SUDs had increased risk for all-cause mortality vs. those without SUDs, although to a much lesser degree than patients with an eating disorder and SUD.” The study was published in the American Journal of Psychiatry.
Related Links:
— “Substance use risk factor for excess mortality in patients with eating disorders “Joe Gramigna, Healio, November 10, 2021