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Erschienen in: European Child & Adolescent Psychiatry 8/2012

01.08.2012 | Original Contribution

Somatic problems and self-injurious behaviour 18 years after teenage-onset anorexia nervosa

verfasst von: Elisabet Wentz, I. Carina Gillberg, Henrik Anckarsäter, Christopher Gillberg, Maria Råstam

Erschienen in: European Child & Adolescent Psychiatry | Ausgabe 8/2012

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Abstract

The aim of this study was to study long-term outcome of physical health and self-injurious behaviour (SIB) in anorexia nervosa (AN). Fifty-one adolescent-onset AN cases, originally recruited after community screening, and 51 matched controls (COMP) were interviewed regarding somatic problems and SIB and physically examined 18 years after AN onset, at mean age 32 years. Six individuals had an eating disorder (ED). No one had died. The AN group weighed less than the COMP group. The frequency of somatic problems did not differ between groups. Dental enamel lesions and shorter than expected stature occurred only in the AN group. Dysdiadochokinesis was overrepresented in the AN group and age of AN onset was lower among those with the neurological deficit. Severe SIB occurred only in the AN group, predominantly during adolescence. To conclude, somatic problems were common in both groups. Most individuals in the AN group had recovered from their ED, but weight revealed a persistent restricted eating behaviour.
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Metadaten
Titel
Somatic problems and self-injurious behaviour 18 years after teenage-onset anorexia nervosa
verfasst von
Elisabet Wentz
I. Carina Gillberg
Henrik Anckarsäter
Christopher Gillberg
Maria Råstam
Publikationsdatum
01.08.2012
Verlag
Springer-Verlag
Erschienen in
European Child & Adolescent Psychiatry / Ausgabe 8/2012
Print ISSN: 1018-8827
Elektronische ISSN: 1435-165X
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s00787-012-0274-9

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