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The Outcome of Anorexia Nervosa in Younger Subjects

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 January 2018

Richard M. Hawley
Richard M. Hawley*
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University Department of Psychiatry, Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Birmingham, B15 2TH
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Summary

Twenty-one children who conformed to DSM-III criteria for anorexia nervosa, and who were aged 13 or younger at onset, were followed up after several years (mean = eight) using a range of outcome parameters. Comparison of these results with previous studies of later onset cases suggests that the age of onset of anorexia nervosa carries no prognostic significance.

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Research Article
Information
The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 146 , Issue 6 , June 1985 , pp. 657 - 660
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Copyright © 1985 The Royal College of Psychiatrists 

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