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Long-Term Outcome in Early-Onset Anorexia Nervosa

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

Geraldine Walford  and
Noel Mccune
Geraldine Walford*
Affiliation:
Forster Green Hospital, Saintfield Road, Belfast BT8 4HD
Noel Mccune
Affiliation:
Royal Belfast Hospital for Sick Children, Craigavon Area Hospital, Craigavon BT63 5QQ
*
∗Correspondence
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Abstract

Fifteen children who developed anorexia nervosa aged 13 years or less were followed up at least three years later (mean 5.3 years). Outcome measures included the Morgan & Russell Outcome Schedule and the PSE. The general outcome was good in seven, intermediate in four, and poor in four, one of whom had died. A high incidence of psychiatric symptoms at follow-up, which has been suggested in other studies, was not confirmed in the 11 subjects who completed the PSE. Where onset was very early (11 years and under) and where hospital stay was prolonged, outcome tended to be poor.

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The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 159 , Issue 3 , September 1991 , pp. 383 - 389
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Copyright © 1991 The Royal College of Psychiatrists 

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