Co-morbidity of eating disorders and alcohol use among female patients in the Psychiatric Hospital Bohnice

Co-morbidity of eating disorders and alcohol use among women is topical, because eating disorders can be seen as a disease of modern women and alcohol use as a very frequent and tolerated by society. Despite the seriousness of this issue there are not enough studies on this topic. Unfortunately, interest in this issue is not large in Czech Republic and literature comprehensively addressing this subject is not available. This work defines the basic terms important in the field of eating disorders, alcohol abuse and alcohol dependence and co- morbidity of these two disorders. The results of a questionnaire study findings in the Psychiatric Hospital Bohnice, Prague, Czech republic, helped me in getting answers to research questions. The object of these research questions are prevalence of alcohol use in women with eating disorders in the Psychiatric Hospital Bohnice and the existence of a predisposition to alcohol use in women with various eating disorders. Result of the study is the finding that alcohol use in women with eating disorders in Psychiatric Hospital Bohnice is frequent and the prevalence is much higher than in the general population. Bulimia nervosa has proved to be an eating disorder with a predisposition to more frequent alcohol use than those with other eating disorders. I believe that..