Litza Kiropoulos

1 Introduction Mental health problems defined by symptomatology consistent with conditions such as Major Depressive Disorder (MDD) (Kessler and Bromet 2013), Anorexia Nervosa (AN) (Smink et al. 2012; Averous et al. 2021), Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD) (Bandelow and Michaelis 2015; Penninx et al. 2021), Social Anxiety Disorder (SAD) (Stein et al. 2017), and Panic Disorder (PD) (De Jonge et al. 2016), present profound clinical challenges.

1 Introduction Eating disorders (EDs) are prevalent in both university and community populations, with up to 9% meeting criteria for a clinical diagnosis (Hay et al., 2023) and as many as 40% reporting subthreshold symptoms (Sparti et al. 2019). Both body mass index (BMI) and weight suppression (the difference between highest and lowest adult weight; Lowe 1993) have been found to be linked to body dissatisfaction and disordered eating urges (e.g., Duncan et al. 2017; Gorrell et al.

You are already at the latest version Background/Objectives: Research on eating disorders (EDs) in individuals with multiple sclerosis (MS) is limited. In ED populations, neuroticism has been linked to ED symptoms through lower self-esteem and greater body dissatisfaction, but these relationships remain unexplored in MS. This study aimed to examine whether self-esteem and body dissatisfaction mediate the link between neuroticism and ED symptoms in individuals with MS.