Multiple family weight pathology and outcome in anorexia nervosa: A longitudinal case study
β Scribed by Simon G. Gowers; Andrew Weaver
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1994
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 437 KB
- Volume
- 2
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1072-4133
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β¦ Synopsis
A prospective family case study was conducted whilst one member, a 14-year-old girl, underwent individual outpatient treatment for anorexia nervosa. Despite her being a twin within a family with multiple weight and other pathologies, substantial recovq was achieved and continued at two-year follow-up. Evidence of &compensation in other family members was suggested by clinical interview data but not by concurrent self-report measures of eating disorder or neurotic symptomatology .
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