[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%).