Open AccessPredictors for relapse and chronicity in eating disorders: A review of follow‐up studies
Author(s) -
MUKAI TAKAYO
Publication year - 1996
Publication title -
japanese psychological research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.392
H-Index - 30
eISSN - 1468-5884
pISSN - 0021-5368
DOI - 10.1111/j.1468-5884.1996.tb00013.x
Subject(s) - extant taxon , anorexia nervosa , psychology , eating disorders , anorexia , bulimia nervosa , clinical psychology , perspective (graphical) , psychotherapist , psychiatry , developmental psychology , medicine , evolutionary biology , artificial intelligence , computer science , biology
Eating disorders have been known to be intractable. Yet, their long‐term consequences have received relatively little attention in the literature. In this paper, the outcome and follow‐up studies of anorexia nervosa and bulimia are reviewed and the current knowledge of the predictors and correlates of relapse and chronicity in each disorder is summarized. Based on the problems and limitations of the extant studies, suggestions for future research are offered, especially from a developmental perspective, to understand better the mechanisms underlying long‐term prognosis and relapse.