OBJECTIVES: The overall objective of this study was to measure the evolution of symptom severity in a residential programme based on a multidimensional approach to treatment that includes @entity73 , interpersonal, experiential and family therapies. The specific aims of the study were: 1) to evaluate changes in symptom severity in bulimic and anorexic @entity1 between admission and discharge; 2) to compare the severity of these symptoms with those of non- @entity1 college females (control group); and 3) to monitor the progression of symptom changes six months after discharge. METHODS: The evolution of symptom severity was measured by comparing the mean raw scores of the @entity1277 Inventory (EDI original inventory, 1983 version), which was administered at the beginning and end of the residential treatment. A subgroup of @entity1 was also administered the EDI six months after discharge. The study involved 99 females: 47 with @entity6426 and 52 with @entity448 as diagnosed by means of a clinical interview using DSM-IV criteria. The mean raw EDI scores in the control group (FC1, female college students) were obtained from the EDI manual. The population means were compared using the t-test for paired data (Microsoft Excel, version 2000). RESULTS: The overall results for the population as a whole show that the eight subscales of the EDI improved significantly with treatment (<0.001). The subscales with the largest numerical improvements were drive for thinness, ineffectiveness and interoceptive awareness. When divided on the basis of diagnosis, the mean feelings of perfectionism score of the bulimic @entity1 was less than that of the control female college sample; the symptoms of @entity6426 in the anorexic @entity1 were similar to those found in the control group. The fact that the mean follow-up scores for a number of the @entity22577 subscales remained similar to those recorded at the time of discharge suggests that some of the improvements in symptoms remained for at least six months. CONCLUSIONS: The results of our study show that multidimensional residential treatment leads to statistically significant changes in the severity of the symptoms manifested by females with @entity1277 .

Evolution of symptom severity during residential treatment of females with XXXX .

@entity1 :: ('9606', 'Species') :: ['patients', 'patient'] @entity6426 :: ('MESH:D002032', 'Disease') :: ['bulimia'] @entity73 :: ('MESH:D003072', 'Disease') :: ['cognitive-behavioural'] @entity448 :: ('MESH:D000855', 'Disease') :: ['anorexia'] @entity1277 :: ('MESH:D001068', 'Disease') :: ['Eating Disorder', 'eating disorders'] @entity22577 :: ('1896', 'Gene') :: ['ED1']
@entity1277 :: (MESH:D001068,Disease) :: ['eating disorders']
