When a psychiatric technician questions the nurse about comorbidity of eating disorders, which Axis I disorder would the nurse say is most commonly seen in clients with bulimia and anorexia nervosa?
1. Anxiety disorders
2. Depressive disorders
3. Dissociative disorders
4. Somatoform disorders
ANS: 2
Depression is diagnosed in 40% to 75% of individuals with eating disorders. The other disorders listed are not usually associated with eating disorders.
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