The relationship between disturbed Eating behavior and Substance abuse in an Egyptian sample

Abstract

Abstract Background Substance use disorder (SUD) is a significant public health concern and the comorbidity between eating disorders also, substance use disorders (SUDs) in general have been sought in causal or common etiology. Personality traits have been suggested as shared influences on both of them .Early screening for risk factors for the development of co-occurring eating disorders and substance use disorder as well as sociocultural factors can improve the prognosis of patients Aim of the work to estimate the occurrence of disturbed eating behavior in patients with substance use disorder. Subjects and Methods The present study is a cross sectional observational study aimed to investigate the relation between disturbed eating behavior and the severity of substance abuse in patients with substance use disorder. Illustrate the Association between disturbed eating behavior and the severity of substance. Results The results are divided in to 2 parts: Descriptive part of the socio demographic data, disturbed eating behaviors and analytical part consists of relation between disturbed eating behavior and socio demographic data, as well as relation between addiction severity and sociodemographic data, and finally between disturbed eating behaviors and addiction severity index. Conclusion As the duration of SUD increases the interparental conflicts and interparental violence increases which increases the risk of internalizing, externalizing and total behavioral problems among their children.