Eating disorders, substance use disorders and major depression in the Canadian population

摘要

Background: Significant associations between eating disorders (ED) and each of substance usedisorders (SUD) and major depression (MD) have been established.Aims: To examine the comorbidity of all three disorders in a large nationally representative sample ofCanadian men and women.Methods: This research used data collected by Statistics Canada in cycle 1.2 of the CanadianCommunity Health Survey (20,211 women and 16,773 men).Results: MD fully mediated the relationship between ED and alcohol dependence and partiallymediated their relationship with alcohol interference for both men and women. The multivariatecomorbidity of MD and illicit drug use exhibited different patterns for men and women with eatingdisorders symptomatology.