Symptomatology long-term evolution after hospitalization for Anorexia Nervosa: Drive for thinness to explain effects of body dissatisfaction on type of outcome

A major feature of patients with Anorexia Nervosa (AN) is body image concerns (Mizes et  al., 2004; Probst et al., 2008; Stice and Shaw, 2002; Striegel-Moore et al., 2004), which represent a compulsory diagnosis criteria for AN in the DSM-5 (American Psychiatric Association, 2013). Body image has been conceptualized as a multifaceted construct which refers to the internalized repr esentation of one's weight, shape and appearance (Mitchell and Peterson, 2005). Two types of body image distortions implicated on AN have been identified (Cash and Deagle, 1997; Skrzypek et al., 2001): a) cognitive distortions, and b) body dissatisfaction.
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