[Characteristics of the forming personality in children suffering from anorexia nervosa]. / Cechy ksztaltujacej sie osobowosci u dzieci chorujacych na jadlowstret psychiczny.

AIM: The evaluation of forming personality in 30 children (27 girls and 3 boys) suffering from anorexia nervosa (average age--13.5). METHOD: Anamnesis from patients and their parents, clinical observation, psychiatric investigation, psychological investigation with use of following methods: The Thematic Apperception Test, Colorful Pyramids Test, The House-The Tree-The Man Test. RESULTS: After the conducted investigation and observation, the characteristics of the forming incorrect personality were observed in 80% of examined children. According to DSM IV classification, in 50%--from the cluster C, and in 30% cases--the cluster B. According to ICD-10 classification: 26.6% attributes of dependent personality, 16.6%--histrionic personality, 13.3% avoiding personality, 10%--anancastic personality, 6.7% borderline personality and 6.7% antisocial personality. CONCLUSIONS: There is predominating opinion in literature, connecting restrictive type of psychical anorexia, with disorders of personality of anxiety type--the cluster C, and the figure bulimic--with personality the cluster B. Those results were confirmed with statistical significance in the conducted examinations.

[An attempt to evaluate the health condition and social functioning of anorectic females--a follow-up study]. / Próba oceny stanu zdrowia i funkcjonowania spolecznego pacjentek z zaburzeniami jedzenia--badanie katamnestyczne.

AIM: An attempt to evaluate, on the basis of follow-up data, the health condition and social functioning in patients with anorexia nervosa, four years after hospitalisation. METHOD: Anamnesis from 20 young females (aged 17-24, average 21.7) hospitalised for the treatment of anorexia nervosa in The Department of Developmental, Psychotic and Geriatric Psychiatry, Medical University in Gdansk. RESULTS AND CONCLUSIONS: 50% of those studied suffer protractedly, with periods of remission or intensity of symptoms. 80% of women have achieved normalisation of weight (30% of them seemed to be healthy and well functioning; 50% of them is in partial remission), 20% still fulfill DSM-IV criteria for anorexia nervosa. Currently 60% menstruate (10% of them without hormonal treatment). In the examined group, 50% appear to have an abnormal manner of nutrition. Abnormal behaviour caused weight loss in 70% of those studied. Most of the females (55%) consider themselves overweight, 75% have weight-gain phobia.

[Prodromal symptoms of schizophrenics syndrome in children and adolescent]. / Objawy prodromalne zespolów schizofrenicznych u dzieci i mlodziezy.

This presentation concentrates on modality and frequency analysis of prodromal schizophrenic symptoms of the children and adolescent. A sample (n-50) of children between 8 and 19 years was tested by structural interview. There were observed the signs resembling following symptoms: negative symptoms (74%), anxiety disorders (42%) and obsessive-compulsive disorders (20%).