@article{ref1,
title="Clinical and personality characteristics of adolescents with anorexia nervosa with or without non-suicidal self-injurious behavior",
journal="Comprehensive psychiatry",
year="2019",
author="Davico, Chiara and Amianto, Federico and Gaiotti, Federica and Lasorsa, Claudia and Peloso, Anna and Bosia, Chiara and Vesco, Serena and Arletti, Luca and Reale, Laura and Vitiello, Benedetto",
volume="94",
number="",
pages="e152115-e152115",
abstract="PURPOSE: About one-fifth of patients with anorexia nervosa (AN) engage in non-suicidal self-injury (NSSI). This study examined clinical and temperament profile of female adolescents with both disorders (AN+NSSI) as compared with peers with AN only. <br><br>METHODS: A consecutive sample of 73 female adolescents with AN (mean age: 13.77 years), who had been admitted to inpatient or day-hospital services, received clinical, cognitive, and temperament/character evaluations. Of them, 32 met DSM-5 criteria also for NSSI. Assessments included demographics, standard nutrition parameters, Youth Self-Report (YSR), Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children IV (WISC-IV), Temperament and Character Inventory (TCI), and Global Assessment of Functioning (GAF). <br><br>RESULTS: No differences were detected between AN+NSSI and AN in demographics, body mass index, or age at onset of AN. AN+NSSI had higher rate of binging and purging, higher YSR scores for both internalizing and externalizing psychopathology, lower total IQ, and lower Self-directedness and Cooperativeness scores. <br><br>CONCLUSIONS: These data suggest that adolescents with AN+NSSI have psychopathological, cognitive and overall character features that differ from patients with AN only. These characteristics may have implications for treatment and outcome.<br><br>Copyright © 2019 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0010-440X",
doi="10.1016/j.comppsych.2019.152115",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.comppsych.2019.152115"
}