The classification of feeding and eating disorders in the ICD-11: results of a field study comparing proposed ICD-11 guidelines with existing ICD-10 guidelines.

Background: The World Health Organization (WHO) International Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems (ICD) is used globally by 194 WHO member nations. It is used for assigning clinical diagnoses, providing the framework for reporting public health data, and to inform the organization and reimbursement of health services. Guided by overarching principles of increasing clinical utility and global applicability, the 11th revision of the ICD proposes major changes that incorporate empirical advances since the previous revision in 1992.

Neurology in the German training system for psychiatrists - a personal view.

In mid-19th-century Germany the conviction that 'mental disease is brain disease' was accompanied by a call for social reform in psychiatry. During neurology training, future psychiatrists often encounter patients with mental disorders rarely seen in psychiatric departments and learn how to avoid misdiagnosing brain diseases as mental disorders.

[Parental assessment of children's eating behaviors with a short form of the Anorectic Behavior Observation Scale].

Objective: To determine whether the Anorectic Behavior Observation Scale (ABOS) originally developed for clinical purposes can be used in epidemiological studies to assess parents' rating of their child's eating behavior.

Method: In a study of 1,057 children aged 10-17 years, the children completed the Eating Disorder Inventory, Child Version (EDI-C), while the parents of 922 children completed the ABOS. The ABOS consists of 30 items, divided into three subscales--unusual eating behaviors, bulimia-like behaviors, and hyperactivity.

Forced treatment of anorexic patients: part 2.

Purpose Of Review: The purpose of this review was to update and complement part 1 of this study. Clinical, ethical and legal approaches to forced treatment in patients with anorexia nervosa were considered in the light of recent literature.

Recent Findings: The first comparison of compulsorily detained adolescents and those treated under parental consent shows mainly advantages in the short and medium term of using the Mental Health Act.

The German version of the Anorectic Behavior Observation Scale (ABOS).

Objective: To assess the performance of the German version of the Anorectic Behavior Observation Scale (ABOS) as a parent-report screening instrument for eating disorders (ED) in their children.

Methods: Parents of 101 ED female patients (80 with Anorexia Nervosa; 21 with Bulimia Nervosa) and of 121 age- and socioeconomic status (SES)-matched female controls completed the ABOS.

Results: Confirmatory factor analysis supported the original three-factor structure model of the ABOS.

[Survey of disordered eating and behaviour in children and adolescents].

Objective: To study in children and adolescents associations between body mass index and psychosocial problems including those typical for eating disorders.

Method: 1057 pupils aged 10 to 17 years completed the Youth Self-Report (YSR) and the Eating Disorder Inventory for children (EDI-C). Socio-demographic data and information about height and weight were also gathered.

Forced treatment of patients with anorexia.

Purpose Of Review: To consider clinical, ethical and legal approaches to forced feeding in patients with anorexia nervosa in the light of recent literature.

Recent Findings: An Australian retrospective record analysis compared 27 coercive with 96 informal hospitalizations and found more previous inpatient treatments, comorbidities, and a lower BMI at admission of 13.2 (SD 1.

Gender differences in routine treatment of depressed outpatients with the selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor sertraline.

Gender is known to have an influence on medical treatment and the prescribing and outcome of drug treatment. This has also been suggested for selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs). To examine sex differences in the treatment with the SSRI sertraline in routine treatment of depression, data from a 6-month prospective drug utilization observation study on 3,858 women and 1,594 men were analysed for gender differences.