Evolução clinica e recuperação nas perturbações do comportamento alimentar

: confirmação diagnóstica

Abstract

The Eating Disorders (ED) are serious disorders that affect mainly adolescents and young adults, with impact on the physical and mental health (Fairburn & Harrison, 2003). According to current research, these may present a variable course and outcome, with a group of female patients that achieved full recovery, or present some residual symptoms, or developing into chronic course (Wonderlich et al, 2012). Not being particularly clear what distinguishes a course of recovery from a non-recovery (Couturier & Lock, 2006a, 2006b; Noordenbos, 2011; Carr, 2006), this thesis aimed to understand what are the main features symptomatology, present in a group of patients recovered and not recovered, that during the period of 2001 to 2009 were diagnosed with some type of ED. The results showed that the BMI, bulimic episodes, concern with form, negative self-assessment and body composition are particularly important in differentiating a course of recovery and non-recovery. For the remaining variables, although there are differences between patients assessed as recovered and non-recovered, the truth is that these differences tend to be not statistically significant. The results are discussed in light of the complexity of the concept of recovery and the need flexible and individualized analysis and intervention in PCA.

Date of Award	2013
Original language	Portuguese
Awarding Institution	Universidade Católica Portuguesa
Supervisor	Bárbara César Machado (Supervisor)