A follow-up carried out on an average 12.5 years after hospital contact of 151 patients with a former diagnosis of anorexia nervosa (AN), aimed at reproduction outcome. None of the 11 males had children. Fifty of the 140 women had given birth to a total of 86 children, which is approximately one third of the expected fertility. Involuntary childlessness was of the same size as found in the background population. The rate of prematurity among the offspring was twice the expected and perinatal lethality six times the expected. Mentally the mothers did well, both during pregnancy and the post partum period. They breast-fed their children for the same mean time as did other women, and the development of the children did not differ from that found in a background population. More women in the group of mothers than in the group of non-mothers had better scores of all-round functioning at follow-up.

A follow-up carried out on an average 12.5 years after hospital contact of 151 patients with a former diagnosis of Anorexia nervosa (AN), aimed at reproductional outcome. None of the 11 males had children. Fifty of the 140 women had born a total of 86 children, which is approximately 1:3 of the expected fertility. Involuntary childlessnes was of the same size as found in the background population. The rate of prematurity among the offspring was twice the expected and perinatal lethality six times the expected. Mentally the mothers did well, both during pregnancy and the post-partum period. They breastfed their children for the same mean time as did other women, and the development of the children did not differ from that found in a background population. More women in the group of mothers than in the group of non-mothers had better scores of all-round functioning at follow-up.

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Only a small number of children who murder have been reported in the literature. Matricide in particular is infrequently mentioned. The examination and treatment of a 9-yr-old boy who intentionally killed his mother is presented. No severe family conflicts or other psychogenic factors which could explain the action were found. Apart from some indications of possible epilepsy in the EEG (not confirmed clinically) no somatic pathology was verified. During one year's stay in the child psychiatric department after the homicide the boy was psychotic, probably suffering from a schizophrenic disorder which is presumed to have developed in the years preceding the matricide.

evaluation of their former treatment for anorexia nervosa (AN). Nord Psykiatr Tidsskr 1988;42:445-448. Oslo, ISSN 0029-1455.Out of 151 probands in a long-term follow-up of anorexia nervosa (AN), 64 had been treated in a department of child psychiatry. Fifty-three of these were personally interviewed 4-22 years after admission. As well as many other topics, the probands were asked about their attitude to the treatment. Only 11 were mainly positive, 20 had mixed feelings or were neutral, and 22 were mostly negative. There were no clear distinctions between the attitudes of former in-and out-patients. There was no correlation between outcome and the probands' evaluations. The positive or negative feelings regarding the treatment did not seem to change during the follow-up period. The number of psychotherapeutic sessions did not influence the attitude of the probands, neither positively nor negatively. The qualitative answers showed that the acceptability of the treatment was low with regard to the restricting interventions and that many had the feeling of being treated more as a diagnosis than as a person. 0 Anorexia nervosa, Follow-up, Patients' evaluation, Treatment. 16 Mette Brinch, 1. reservelzge, bornepsyk, afd.. Hillerod Torben Isager, overlrege, ungdornspsyk. afd.. Amtshospitalet. Nykohing Sj. Kai Tolstrup. overlzge. professor, dr. med.. bomepsyk. afd.. Rigshospitalet. dy", en undersagelse af 151 ptt.. .122 Br efter indlzggelse p i Rigshospitalet i Kobenhavn i Brene 1960-76. Alle 3 forfattere er bernepsykiatere og har arbejdet rned "The Copenhagen Anorexia Nervosn Follow-up Stu-Nord J Psychiatry Downloaded from informahealthcare.com by University of Sydney on 01/03/15 For personal use only.