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D C van Strien

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PubMed1994

A four-year prospective follow-up study of 49 eating-disordered adolescents: differences in course of illness.

In a 4-year prospective follow-up study of 25 anorectic and 24 bulimic adolescents (DSM-III-R criteria), we studied fluctuations and differences in the course of illness, using repeated measurement. Morgan & Russell general outcome categories on the Outcome Schedule were more favourable than in adult studies. Of all patients, 47% had good, 43% intermediate and 10% poor outcome scores after 4 years. The groups differed significantly as to the kind and severity of disturbed eating behaviour and its consequences, but were rather similar in mental, psychosocial and psychosexual symptoms during the course of the illness. Eight percent of the anorectic patients became bulimic. We conclude that anorexia nervosa and bulimia nervosa can be considered as different symptom patterns of one basic eating disorder, in which preoccupation with food and a disturbed body image are core symptoms.

Adolescent↗
PubMed1994

Depressive and anxiety disorders in adolescence: a follow-up study of adolescents with school refusal.

Twenty-five adolescents referred to an outpatient clinic because of school refusal in 1985-1986 were followed up after an average of 5 years. DSM-III diagnoses and scores on the Maudsley Symptom Checklist were obtained at initial contact and a follow-up. At follow-up, information was also gathered on psychosocial adjustment, and subjects completed self-ratings of anxiety and depression. At initial contact, school refusal was associated mainly with anxiety symptoms, and to a lesser extent with depressive and somatoform disorders. No specific relationships were found between diagnoses at baseline and at follow-up. About half of the sample still had a psychiatric disorder at follow-up. Outcome was negatively associated with a history of previous psychosocial or psychiatric treatment and a small family size, and positively with a history of frequent somatic complaints.

Adolescent↗
PubMed1993

The validity of the Five-Minute Speech Sample as an index of Expressed Emotion in parents of eating disorder patients.

This article examines the concurrent validity of the Five-Minute Speech Sample (FMSS) as an index of Expressed Emotion in a Dutch sample of 84 parents of adolescents suffering from anorexia or bulimia nervosa. The Camberwell Family Interview (CFI), the criterion measure of EE, and the FMSS were conducted on the same day. The levels of Expressed Emotion in these families were low when compared with the EE ratings from the schizophrenia studies. The FMSS and CFI-EE ratings showed a limited degree of overlap. Whether the limited association between the two methods is due to the low levels of criticism in our sample, to cultural differences and/or to differences in the psychopathology under study remains unclear.

Adolescent↗