One hundred and fifty-one @entity1 (140 females - 11 males) with @entity1278 ( @entity1278 ) from three departments ( @entity1 psychiatry, psychiatry, and internal medicine) were re-examined 4-22 years (average 12.5 years) after their first contact with the Rigshospital in Copenhagen. During the years 1960-76 the number of referrals was on the increase, and relatively more @entity1 were treated in the @entity146 departments at the end than at the beginning of the period. Mean age was 16.6 years at onset, 19.0 years at primary contact. Mean weight loss was 32%. Mean duration of treatment was 12 months. Differences between the three departments concern especially age, sex, and duration of treatment. Mean age at follow-up was 31.0 years (range 16-63 years) for surviving probands. Follow-up information originated from semi-structured personal interviews (in 80% of surviving probands) together with register data on all probands, supplemented by extensive hospital data. Nine @entity1 (6%), including six who committed suicide, died on the average 7.3 years after primary contact (average age 27.1 years). The mortality rate was 0.5% per year. At follow-up one fourth of the surviving probands had @entity1278 and one fourth suffered from other @entity146 , while one half were free from @entity1032 . There were no significant differences in outcome between the three departments. As a whole, the group experienced a social decline. It is concluded that a substantial part of this group of @entity1278 @entity1 had a poor prognosis with a tendency towards chronicity, despite relatively long and intensive treatment, but, on the other hand, about one half of the probands seemed to be healthy and well functioning.

Long-term outcome of 151 cases of XXXX . The Copenhagen Anorexia Nervosa Follow-Up Study.

@entity1 :: ('9606', 'Species') :: ['patients', 'child'] @entity1032 :: ('MESH:D008607', 'Disease') :: ['mental illness'] @entity1278 :: ('MESH:D000856', 'Disease') :: ['anorexia nervosa', 'AN'] @entity146 :: ('MESH:D001523', 'Disease') :: ['psychiatric', 'psychiatric disorders']
@entity1278 :: (MESH:D000856,Disease) :: ['anorexia nervosa']
