Prevalence and clinical determinants of low bone mineral density in anorexia nervosa.

Objective: To determine the prevalence of low bone mass in anorexia nervosa (AN) and the association with clinical parameters.

Methods: A cross-sectional study on 286 Caucasian women with AN. Bone mineral density (BMD) was measured with DXA.

A community study of psychosocial functioning and weight in young children and adolescents.

Background: Children with either underweight or overweight may be at risk for mental health problems and require mental health service use. The present study investigated the relationship between weight status and psychosocial dysfunctioning in children of two different age groups (5-6 and 13-14 years).

Methods: Using height and weight measurements collected during routine medical examinations of all children in a circumscribed geographical region, measures of underweight and overweight were calculated in young children (aged 5-6 years; n=797) and in adolescents (13-14 years; n=614).

Personality and vulnerability to depression in stroke patients: a 1-year prospective follow-up study.

Background And Purpose: Depression is a frequent sequela of stroke that negatively interferes with rehabilitation outcome. Personality traits have been neglected as potential vulnerability factors for poststroke depression (PSD). In a 1-year prospective study, the influence of the 5 main personality traits (ie, neuroticism, extraversion, openness, agreeableness, and conscientiousness) on the development of PSD was studied.