title: Short-term and intermediate-term outcome in adolescent eating disorders.
abstract: Within a prospective longitudinal outcome study of the eating disorders with onset during adolescence, 26 former patients were reassessed at short-term (19-38 months) and intermediate-term (48-72 months) follow-up periods. It was shown that the outcome was worse at short-term follow-up. In addition, the changes of diagnostic categories within the spectrum of the eating disorders were studied. It is concluded that outcome studies require repeated assessments to study the various patterns of course of the eating disorders.
authors.affiliation: Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, University of Zurich, Switzerland.
authors.forename: H C
authors.initials: HC
authors.lastname: Steinhausen
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Seidel
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000856:Anorexia Nervosa / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy*; D001604:Berlin; D002032:Bulimia / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy*; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006760:Hospitalization; D006801:Humans; D010043:Outcome and Process Assessment, Health Care; D011446:Prospective Studies