Cognitive Processes in Depression and Bulimia

描述(由申请人提供)：大量研究表明，专业 抑郁症(MD)在患有神经性暴食症(BN)的女性中很常见。然而，尽管有更多 经过二十多年的研究，这些形式之间的确切关系 精神病理学仍不清楚。该项目旨在研究抑郁症患者 MD、BN及MD、BN共病的症状和认知相关性。它是 假设患有MD的个体所经历的抑郁 BN将不同于患有“纯”MD的人所经历的， BN抑郁亚型(即抑郁性暴食症)的证据将是 照亮了。大约100名符合四项诊断标准之一的妇女 (MD、BN、共病MD和BN，以及无症状对照)将被招募用于 这项研究。建议的方法包括诊断性访谈、自我报告 问卷和信息处理任务，旨在评估：(1) 抑郁和暴食症，(2)导致抑郁的认知偏差，(3) 对成就感和认同感的不正常态度，以及(4) 关于体重、体型和食物的功能失调的态度和认知偏差。 这个项目的结果有望阐明重要的症状。 以及MD和抑郁性暴食症之间的认知差异。这样的发现 将对MD和BN的分类产生重大影响，并将 告知两种形式的精神病理学的治疗方案。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Considerable research suggests that major depression (MD) is common in women with bulimia nervosa (BN). Yet, despite more than two decades of research, the precise relationship between these forms of psychopathology remains unknown. This project aims to examine the depressive symptoms and cognitive correlates of MD, BN, and comorbid MD and BN. It is hypothesized that the depression experienced by individuals with comorbid MD and BN will differ from that experienced by individuals with "pure" MD and that evidence for a depressive subtype of BN (i.e., depressive bulimia) will be illuminated. Approximately 100 women meeting one of four diagnostic criteria (MD, BN, comorbid MD and BN, and asymptomatic control) will be recruited for the study. Proposed methods include diagnostic interviews, self-report questionnaires, and information processing tasks designed to assess: (1) depressive and bulimic symptoms, (2) depressogenic cognitive biases, (3) dysfunctional attitudes regarding needs for achievement and approval, and (4) dysfunctional attitudes and cognitive biases regarding weight, shape, and food. The results of this project are expected to illuminate important symptomatic and cognitive distinctions between MD and depressive bulimia. Such findings will have significant implications for the classification of MD and BN and will inform treatment protocols for both forms of psychopathology.