title: Pretreatment predictors of outcome in anorexia nervosa.
abstract: The relationship of selected pretreatment characteristics to weight gain during treatment was examined in 81 anorexia nervosa patients. Good prognostic indicators correlating positively with weight gain were: no previous hospitalizations for anorexia nervosa, a great amount of overactivity before treatment, less denial of illness, less psychosexual immaturity and the admission to feeling hunger. A perinatal history of delivery complications was associated with the poor outcome predictor of prior hospitalizations.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000856:Anorexia Nervosa / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000628:therapy*; D001521:Behavior Therapy; D001835:Body Weight; D002648:Child; D003533:Cyproheptadine / Q000627:therapeutic use; D003717:Denial, Psychological; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006815:Hunger; D006948:Hyperkinesis / Q000150:complications; D007744:Obstetric Labor Complications; D010359:Patient Readmission; D011247:Pregnancy; D011379:Prognosis; D011606:Psychosexual Development; D012649:Self Concept
chemical_list: D003533:Cyproheptadine