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Normative data for female adolescents with eating disorders on the Children's depression inventory
Author(s) -
Watson Hunna J.,
Egan Sarah J.,
Limburg Karina,
Hoiles Kimberley J.
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
international journal of eating disorders
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.785
H-Index - 138
eISSN - 1098-108X
pISSN - 0276-3478
DOI - 10.1002/eat.22294
Subject(s) - suicidal ideation , eating disorders , depression (economics) , psychiatry , normative , clinical psychology , psychology , medicine , poison control , suicide prevention , philosophy , environmental health , epistemology , economics , macroeconomics
Objective Given the importance of assessing depressive symptoms and suicidal ideation in adolescents with eating disorders (EDs), the aim was to provide normative data on the Children's Depression Inventory (CDI) for female adolescents presenting for treatment of an ED. Method The data source was the Helping to Outline Paediatric Eating Disorders (HOPE) Project registry ( N = 1000), a prospective, ongoing registry study comprising consecutive pediatric tertiary ED referrals. Females ( N = 256; 12–17 years) with DSM‐5 EDs completed the CDI at intake. Results Results on the CDI revealed a pattern of increasing depressive scores with age and higher scores among patients with anorexic spectrum disorders. The prevalence of suicidal ideation was high and had the same pattern as CDI scores. The mean score on the CDI in the sample was higher than community samples and clinical samples of adolescents with post‐traumatic stress disorder, obsessive compulsive disorder, and other clinical disorders. Discussion Females adolescents with EDs are at high‐risk of depression and suicidal ideation. These data provide information about variation in CDI scores to guide clinicians in interpretation of scores. © 2014 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. (Int J Eat Disord 2014; 47:666–670)