Results suggest the importance of compliance in facilitating recovery and treatment success among treatment-resistant eating-disordered in-patients. The promotion of strategies to improve compliance in this population should be considered. A role for motivational interviewing is discussed.

Results suggest that being born with cloacal exstrophy or anomaly and gender assignment or reassignment does not necessarily result in childhood psychological, emotional or behavioral distress and/or problems, lower levels of social competence or subjective reports of poor quality of life. It is suggested that longitudinal and larger studies are required to assess the long-term implications of this condition.