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- Title
Quelles sont les caractéristiques individuelles, familiales et sociales distinguant l’anorexie mentale prépubère et pubère ?
- Authors
Thibault, Isabelle; Pauzé, Robert; Bravo, Gina; Lavoie, Éric; Pesant, Caroline; Di Meglio, Giuseppina; Frappier, Jean-Yves; Meilleur, Dominique; Nadeau, Pierre-Olivier; Stheneur, Chantal; Taddeo, Danielle
- Abstract
Objective: This study aims to differentiate prepubescent from pubescent anorexia nervosa regarding individual, family and social characteristics. Method: At admission in programs specialized in eating disorders, female patients (n ¼ 19 prepubertal and 126 pubertal) and their parents filled in questionnaires (EDI-3, BDI II, IPPA, FACES IV, IDPESQ) on key individual, family and social characteristics associated with anorexia nervosa. Prepubertal and pubertal patient results were compared for each measured variable. Pubertal development and anorexia presence were assessed by a paediatrician in all patients. Results: Prepubertal patients account for 13.8% of all cases and have a lower percentile rank than pubertal patients. The many questionnaire results showed little or no difficulty at personal, family or social level and no difference with older patients. Conclusions: These results contribute to challenge our current understanding of prepubertal anorexia nervosa and the prepubescent patient capacity to report their difficulties, which highlights the importance of using several respondents when defining clinical profiles.
- Subjects
ANOREXIA nervosa; EATING disorders in adolescence; EATING disorders in children; ANOREXIA nervosa treatment; PATIENT psychology; PATIENTS; PEDIATRICS; SOCIAL history
- Publication
Canadian Journal of Psychiatry, 2017, Vol 62, Issue 12, p837
- ISSN
0706-7437
- Publication type
journal article
- DOI
10.1177/0706743717727239