In clinical practice, many combinations of EDs and
schizophrenia are possible, as these diagnoses are certainly
not mutually exclusive.The EDs may occur together with or
independent of the psychotic symptoms of patients [13]. In
some clinical situations, ED coexists as a separate clinical
entity of schizophrenia. Sometimes, the ED represents a
symptom that may be the first manifestation of a psychotic
disorder, such as schizophrenia.