Denial of symptoms and psychopathology in adolescent anorexia nervosa.

Objective: To evaluate the psychopathological status and denial of symptoms in a sample of 38 consecutively admitted adolescents with anorexia nervosa (AN).

Method: The Schedule for Affective Disorders and Schizophrenia for School-Aged Children was used to determine the categorical diagnosis of eating disorder. The anorexic adolescents completed the EAT-40 (Eating Attitude Test) and, on the basis of its score, the sample was dichotomized in a false-negative group (FNG) scoring under 30 and a positive group (PG) scoring over 30.

Internalizing and externalizing conditions in adolescent anorexia.

Objective: To identify the prevalence of internalizing and externalizing conditions in referred anorexic adolescents.

Method: Child Behavior CheckList (CBCL) and Youth Self Report (YSR) were used to assess psychopathology: (a) in the global sample (43 adolescents); (b) in different subtypes of anorexia; (c) considering the timing of admission after the onset of the disease.

Results: A high percentage of patients were found in the internalizing clinical range both at CBCL and YSR.

A two-year follow-up of psychodynamic psychotherapy for internalizing disorders in children.

Objective: To evaluate short- and long-term effects of time-limited psychodynamic psychotherapy (PP) for children with internalizing disorders.

Method: Fifty-eight outpatient children (6.3-10.

Efficacy of brief dynamic psychotherapy for children with emotional disorders.

Background: Child psychiatry has enjoyed a long tradition of using brief psychotherapy with children, but research on its efficacy and effectiveness in the setting of routine clinical care is remarkably sparse; the aim of this study was to evaluate the efficacy of an original model of brief psychodynamic psychotherapy (BPP) for children with emotional disorders in a clinical outpatient setting.

Methods: A sample of 30 subjects (6.3-10.