10-YEAR OUTCOME IN ADOLESCENT ONSET ANOREXIA-NERVOSA

The purpose of the present study was to characterize the psychopatholo gy measured ten years posttreatment in 51 women who had an adolescent onset of anorexia nervosa. Outcome status was determined using the mod ified categories of Ratnasuriya et al. [1991]. ''Anorexia Nervosa: Out come and Prognostic Factors After 20 Years,'' British Journal of Psych iatry, Vol. 158, pp. 495-502). Psychopathology was assessed using a nu mber of self-report questionnaires: Beck Depression Inventory, Hamilto n Depression Inventory, Leyton Obsessionality Inventory, Social Adjust ment Scale, and Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory. Within th is adolescent age of onset sample of anorexia nervosa, age of onset wa s not, in and of itself; associated with increased psychopathology at follow-up. Rather, severity of eating disorder outcome was associated with general psychopathology, with patients in the poor outcome group displaying elevations on several of the measures of psychopathology.