Severe anorexia nervosa in men: comparison with severe AN in women and analysis of mortality.

Objective: To compare clinical characteristics of men and women with severe AN and to analyze mortality in men.

Method: One thousand and nine patients including 23 anorectic males were hospitalized in St. Anne Hospital in Paris between 1988 and 2004.

A comparison of psychopathology in eating disorder patients from France and the United States.

Objective: This study compares Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPI) profiles of subtypes of eating disorder patients in France and the United States.

Method: The patients were hospitalized in psychiatric hospitals in France and the United States. Diagnoses were made by independent clinicians who reviewed the clinical material.

[In search of psychological marks for prediction about sensibility to cognitive therapy].

The use of Beck's cognitive therapy showed that some patients obtained no improvement. A few studies have enlightened some prospective factors in response to cognitive therapy. Therefore the purpose of this study is to elicit some M.