Long-Term Outcome in Early-Onset Anorexia Nervosa
- 1 September 1991
- journal article
- case report
- Published by Royal College of Psychiatrists in The British Journal of Psychiatry
- Vol. 159 (3) , 383-389
- https://doi.org/10.1192/bjp.159.3.383
Abstract
Fifteen children who developed anorexia nervosa aged 13 years or less were followed up at least three years later (mean 5.3 years). Outcome measures included the Morgan & Russell Outcome Schedule and the PSE. The general outcome was good in seven, intermediate in four, and poor in four, one of whom had died. A high incidence of psychiatric symptoms at follow-up, which has been suggested in other studies, was not confirmed in the 11 subjects who completed the PSE. Where onset was very early (11 years and under) and where hospital stay was prolonged, outcome tended to be poor.Keywords
This publication has 14 references indexed in Scilit:
- Abnormal perception of food size in anorexia nervosaBMJ, 1988
- Long term follow up of patients with early onset anorexia nervosa.Archives of Disease in Childhood, 1988
- Body Shape Dissatisfaction in SchoolchildrenThe British Journal of Psychiatry, 1988
- An Evaluation of Family Therapy in Anorexia Nervosa and Bulimia NervosaArchives of General Psychiatry, 1987
- Early onset anorexia nervosa.Archives of Disease in Childhood, 1987
- Anorexia nervosa: a psychiatric case register study from AberdeenPsychological Medicine, 1986
- The Outcome of Anorexia Nervosa in Younger SubjectsThe British Journal of Psychiatry, 1985
- The Long-Term Outcome of Early Onset Anorexia Nervosa: A Critical ReviewJournal of the American Academy of Child Psychiatry, 1982
- Diagnosis of anorexia nervosa in children and the validity of DSM-IIIAmerican Journal of Psychiatry, 1981
- Value of family background and clinical features as predictors of long-term outcome in anorexia nervosa: four-year follow-up study of 41 patientsPsychological Medicine, 1975