High prevalence of shoplifting in patients with eating disorders.

CONCLUSIONS: Shoplifting is common in ED patients and precedes ED onset in most patients with a shoplifting history, although the causal relationship between shoplifting and EDs remains inconclusive. Shoplifting may be associated with impulsive behaviors (e.g., alcohol and illicit drug use), depression, and low self-esteem, but not with ED severity. Future research should focus on the unrecognized role of shoplifting as a marker to identify patients at risk of impulsive behaviors and consider treatment options.
LEVEL OF EVIDENCE: Level V, observational cross-sectional descriptive study.
PMID: 30221324 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

Source: Eating and weight disorders : EWD - September 16, 2018 Category: Eating Disorders & Weight Management Authors: Miyawaki D, Goto A, Harada T, Yamauchi T, Iwakura Y, Terakawa H, Hirai K, Miki Y, Harima Y, Inoue K Tags: Eat Weight Disord Source Type: research