Full-syndrome, partial-syndrome and subclinical eating disorders: an epidemiological study of female students in Southern Italy.
We screened a sample of 919 female students, aged 13-19 years, by means of the EDI 2 and GHQ-28 questionnaires. Those students identified as being at risk for an eating disorder (281 subjects) underwent a psychiatric interview. We found 2 cases of full-syndrome anorexia nervosa (0.2%), 21 cases of full-syndrome bulimia nervosa (2.3%) and 2 cases of full-syndrome binge-eating disorder (0.2%). Moreover, 35 girls (3.8%) met the criteria for partial-syndrome and 98 girls (10.7%) fulfilled the criteria for subclinical eating disorders. Subjects with partial-syndrome and subclinical eating disorders had higher scores than those with no diagnosis, but lower scores than students with full-syndrome eating disorders, on both the EDI 2 and GHQ-28 questionnaires. A follow-up of subjects with partial-syndrome and subclinical eating disorders is now in progress.
Institute of Psychiatry, Second University of Naples, Italy.
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D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000704:Analysis of Variance; D000856:Anorexia Nervosa / Q000453:epidemiology; D001526:Behavioral Symptoms / Q000453:epidemiology; D002032:Bulimia / Q000453:epidemiology; D001068:Feeding and Eating Disorders / Q000145:classification / Q000453:epidemiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007558:Italy / Q000453:epidemiology; D015995:Prevalence; D012494:Sampling Studies; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D013334:Students / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D014504:Urban Health / Q000706:statistics & numerical data