Clinical features of adolescents diagnosed with eating disorders and at risk for psychosis.

Martina Maria MensiChiara RogantiniRenata NacinovichAnna RivaLivio ProvenziMatteo Alessio ChiappediUmberto BalottinRenato Borgatti

Published in: European psychiatry : the journal of the Association of European Psychiatrists (2020)

These descriptive data are warranted to identify a potential psychotic core in eating disorders, mainly concerning body image and weight as well as specific psychological features. The availability of reliable and valid markers of risk can further increase our capacity to detect the early emergence of psychosis in adolescents with eating disorders, whose outcome might be worsened by the presence of psychotic symptoms.

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