Jacqueline C Carter1, Carmen V Bewell-Weiss. 1. Eating Disorders Program, Toronto General Hospital, University Health Network, Toronto, Canada. jacqueline.carter@uhn.on.ca
Abstract
OBJECTIVE: The aim of this study was to compare patients admitted to a specialized inpatient program for anorexia nervosa (AN) with and without a fear of weight gain in terms of specific eating disorder symptoms, general psychopathology, and treatment outcome. METHOD: Measures of specific and general psychopathology were administered at admission to and discharge from the inpatient program. Of the 138 participants, 81% (n = 112) were categorized as having clinical levels of "fear of weight gain" and 19% (n = 26) were categorized as having subclinical levels of this feature. RESULTS: The subclinical-level group had lower scores on measures of eating disorder psychopathology, depression, general psychiatric disturbance, and obsessive-compulsive symptomatology, but higher self-esteem scores. There were no differences found in terms of age of onset of AN, duration of illness, AN subtype, body mass index, or treatment outcome. DISCUSSION: The current findings provide evidence that underweight patients who deny a fear of weight gain are less disturbed in terms of both eating disorder pathology and general psychopathology.
OBJECTIVE: The aim of this study was to compare patients admitted to a specialized inpatient program for anorexia nervosa (AN) with and without a fear of weight gain in terms of specific eating disorder symptoms, general psychopathology, and treatment outcome. METHOD: Measures of specific and general psychopathology were administered at admission to and discharge from the inpatient program. Of the 138 participants, 81% (n = 112) were categorized as having clinical levels of "fear of weight gain" and 19% (n = 26) were categorized as having subclinical levels of this feature. RESULTS: The subclinical-level group had lower scores on measures of eating disorder psychopathology, depression, general psychiatric disturbance, and obsessive-compulsive symptomatology, but higher self-esteem scores. There were no differences found in terms of age of onset of AN, duration of illness, AN subtype, body mass index, or treatment outcome. DISCUSSION: The current findings provide evidence that underweight patients who deny a fear of weight gain are less disturbed in terms of both eating disorder pathology and general psychopathology.
Authors: Katherine Schaumberg; Elisabeth Welch; Lauren Breithaupt; Christopher Hübel; Jessica H Baker; Melissa A Munn-Chernoff; Zeynep Yilmaz; Stefan Ehrlich; Linda Mustelin; Ata Ghaderi; Andrew J Hardaway; Emily C Bulik-Sullivan; Anna M Hedman; Andreas Jangmo; Ida A K Nilsson; Camilla Wiklund; Shuyang Yao; Maria Seidel; Cynthia M Bulik Journal: Eur Eat Disord Rev Date: 2017-10-02
Authors: Bruno Porras-Garcia; Marta Ferrer-Garcia; Eduardo Serrano-Troncoso; Marta Carulla-Roig; Pau Soto-Usera; Helena Miquel-Nabau; Laura Fernández-Del Castillo Olivares; Rosa Marnet-Fiol; Isabel de la Montaña Santos-Carrasco; Bianca Borszewski; Marina Díaz-Marsá; Isabel Sánchez-Díaz; Fernando Fernández-Aranda; José Gutiérrez-Maldonado Journal: J Clin Med Date: 2021-02-10 Impact factor: 4.241