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Are depression, obsessive-compulsive disorders, and substance abuse more common in people with anorexia nervosa?

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Are depression, obsessive-compulsive disorders, and substance abuse more common in people with anorexia nervosa?

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Yes. All three of these disorders occur more often in people with anorexia nervosa than in the general population. At this point it is not clear whether the overlap is due to genetic causes.