Childhood eating disorders: British national surveillance study
Childhood eating disorders: British national surveillance study
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DOI:
10.1192/bjp.bp.110.081356
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发表时间:
2011-04-01
影响因子:
10.5
通讯作者:
Viner, Russell M.
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作者:
Nicholls, Dasha E.;Lynn, Richard;Viner, Russell M.
Background The incidence of eating disorders appears stable overall, but may be increasing in younger age groups. Data on incidence, clinical features and outcome of early-onset eating disorders are sparse.Aims To identify new cases of early-onset eating disorders (8 months. A total of 50% were admitted to hospital, typically soon after diagnosis. Outcome data were available for 76% of individuals. At 1 year, 73% were reported improved, 6% worse and 10% unchanged (11% unknown). Most were still in treatment, and seven were hospital in-patients for most of the year.Conclusions Childhood eating disorders represent a significant clinical burden to paediatric and mental health services. Efforts to improve early detection are needed. These data provide a baseline to monitor changing trends in incidence.