title: Emotions in eating disorders: changes of anger control after an emotion-focused day hospital treatment.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Emotional states are key elements of eating disorders (EDs), with anger and aggressiveness playing an important role. This study aimed to investigate anger features in ED patients before and after an intensive day hospital (DH) specifically focused on emotions.
  
  
  METHODS
  Forty-one ED patients were admitted to our DH, which specifically includes emotion-focused activities. They completed self-reported questionnaires at the beginning and after the intervention: Eating Disorders Inventory-2, State-Trait Anger Expression Inventory (STAXI) and Beck Depression Inventory (BDI).
  
  
  RESULTS
  Anger Control (Axcon) subscale of STAXI decreased significantly, and both BDI and body mass index - in case of underweight patients - significantly improved after completion of DH. Axcon decrease correlated with BMI improvement. The majority of individuals showing good outcome reported also a significant improvement in Axcon levels.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  This study provided preliminary data about the effectiveness - mainly in anger coping - of an emotion-focused DH.
authors.affiliation: Eating Disorders Center, Department of Neuroscience, Section of Psychiatry, University of Turin, Italy. giovanni.abbatedaga@unito.it
authors.forename: Giovanni
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Abbate-Daga
authors.forename: Enrica
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Marzola
authors.forename: Carla
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Gramaglia
authors.forename: Annalisa
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Brustolin
authors.forename: Stefania
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Campisi
authors.forename: Carlotta
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: De-Bacco
authors.forename: Federico
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Amianto
authors.forename: Secondo
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Fassino
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000374:Aggression / Q000523:psychology*; D000786:Anger; D004644:Emotions / Q000502:physiology*; D001068:Feeding and Eating Disorders / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D011594:Psychometrics; D057566:Self Report; D012927:Social Control, Informal; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires