Abstract
Aims – In recent years eating disorders concomitant with a personality disorder have been the subject of many studies seeking a common etiological background, and focusing on the prognosis and appropriate treatment in such cases.
Case report – The authors describe an anorexic patient who developed obsessive-compulsive personality traits or symptoms of borderline personality in various stages of her therapy.
Commentary – In some female patients with eating disorders symptoms of both these personality types may be present, with predominance of one or the other – depending on the stage of illness, degree of emaciation, as well as the patient s psychological and familial situation.