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Outcome in adolescent anorexia nervosa

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 June 2014

B. Herpertz-Dahlmann
B. Herpertz-Dahlmann*
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Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Aachen Technical University (RWTH), Germany
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Klinik fur Kinder und Jugendpsychiatrie und Psychotherapie, Universitatsklinikum, Technische Hochschule Aachen, D-52074 Aachen, Germany. Tel: (+) 49 241 8088737; Fax: (+) 49 241 8888544.
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Abstract

The present paper compares course and outcome of adolescent anorexia nervosa to that of adult onset forms. In recent studies earlier onset of anorexia nervosa was associated with higher recovery rates and a lower mortality, although even in adolescent patients anorexia nervosa takes a prolonged course. A chronic eating disorder bears a high risk of other comorbid psychiatric or personality disorders. The most prevalent disturbances were anxiety and affective disorders and anxious–fearful–obsessive personality disorders, respectively. Patients who substantially overcame their eating disorder did not differ from normal controls in respect to psychosocial functioning, e.g. family relationships, partnership and occupational status. These results should encourage us to treat the eating disorder vigorously.

Keywords

adolescentanorexia nervosaanxietydepressioneating disorder

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Research Article
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Acta Neuropsychiatrica , Volume 14 , Issue 2 , April 2002, pp. 90 - 92
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Copyright © Acta Neuropsychiatrica 2002

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