title: Outcome in adolescent eating disorders.
abstract: A consecutive series of 60 adolescent patients with eating disorders was followed up after a mean period of 58 months. At intermediate follow-up, 4 (6.65) of the former patients were reported deceased, and 6 could either not be traced or refused to cooperate. Follow-up assessment revealed the following diagnostic pattern in 50 patients who were followed up: 5 (10%) of the patients still suffered from anorexia nervosa, 2 (4%) from anorexia nervosa with bulimia, 7 (14%) from partial syndromes of anorexia nervosa, 2 (4%) from partial syndromes of bulimia nervosa, and 34 (68%) had recovered. Questionnaire findings indicated that the improvements that occurred during inpatient treatment were intact at follow-up. No significant findings were revealed by the analysis of a large scale of potential prognostic factors.
authors.affiliation: Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, University of Zürich, Switzerland.
authors.forename: H C
authors.initials: HC
authors.lastname: Steinhausen
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Seidel
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000359:Aftercare; D000856:Anorexia Nervosa / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy*; D001828:Body Image; D002032:Bulimia / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy*; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006760:Hospitalization; D006801:Humans; D007902:Length of Stay; D008297:Male; D010553:Personality Development; D010555:Personality Inventory; D011446:Prospective Studies