Frequency of Substance Use in Adolescents With Eating Disorders and its Association With Eating Disorder Medical Severity

Eylem Şerife Kalkan, Nur Mutlu, Ayşe Bilge Baklacı, Yelda Kılıç, Melis Pehlivantürk Kızılkan, Sinem Akgül, Department of Pediatrics, Division of Adolescent Medicine, Hacettepe University

Clinical Child Psychology and Psychiatry

Published online on May 15, 2026

Abstract

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ObjectiveThe developmental characteristics of adolescence make them more susceptible to eating disorders (ED) and substance use (SU). We aimed to compare the prevalence of SU in adolescents with ED and controls, and among ED subgroups; and to examine the ...