title: Longstanding underweight eating disorder: associated features and treatment outcome.
abstract: The clinical features and the response to inpatient cognitive-behavior treatment (I-CBT) of underweight individuals with either longstanding or more recent-onset eating disorder have rarely been compared. We compared the psychopathological profile and the response to I-CBT of 37 female patients with longstanding eating disorder (≥10 years, L-ED) and 58 with shorter disease duration. Individuals with L-ED had higher age, baseline BMI, higher frequency of self-induced vomiting, laxative and diuretic misuse, but not different personality traits at baseline and not different psychopathological changes, outcome, and dropout rates in response to I-CBT. This study provides preliminary evidence that I-CBT may be useful to treat L-ED and improve their eating disorder psychopathology.
authors.affiliation: Department of Eating Disorder and Obesity, Verona, Italy. si.calugi@gmail.com
authors.forename: Simona
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Calugi
authors.forename: Riccardo
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Dalle Grave
authors.forename: Giulio
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Marchesini
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D015928:Cognitive Behavioral Therapy / Q000379:methods* / Q000592:standards; D001068:Feeding and Eating Disorders / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D013851:Thinness / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy*; D013997:Time Factors; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D055815:Young Adult