Frontmatter -- International Studies on Childhood and Adolescence (ISCA) -- Contents -- Preface -- Foreword -- Contributors -- Part I: Epidemiological and Cultural Issues -- The Incidence of Anorexia Nervosa in Adolescent Residents of Rochester, Minnesota, During a 50-Year Period -- A Population Study of Bulima Nervosa and Subclinical Eating Disorders in Adolescence -- Transcultural Comparisons of Adolescent Eating Disorders -- Part II: Clinical and Psychological Issues -- Individual and Family Factors in Adolescents with Eating Symptoms and Syndromes -- Social Avoidance, Social Negativism, and Disorders of Empathy in a Subgroup of Young Individuals with Anorexia Nervosa -- Risk Factors For The Development of Early Onset Bulimia Nervosa -- Precursors and Risk Factors of Juvenile Eating Disorders -- Anorexia Nervosa and Depression: Results of a Longitudinal Study -- How Specific Are Body Image Disturbances in Patients With Anorexia Nervosa? -- Sexual Abuse and Psychological Dysfunctioning in Eating Disorders -- Neurobiology of Eating Disorders in Adolescence -- Psychophysiology of Anorexia Nervosa -- Part III: Management and Treatment -- Medical Assessment and the Initial Interview in the Management of Young Patients with Anorexia Nervosa -- The Inpatient Management of the Adolescent Patient with Anorexia Nervosa -- Fsychopharmacology in Adolescents with Eating Disorders -- The Place of Family Therapy in the Treatment of Eating Disorders -- Part IV: Course and Outcome -- Comparative Studies on the Course of Eating Disorders in Adolescents and Adults. Is Age at Onset a Predictor of Outcome? -- The Utrecht Prospective Longitudinal Studies on Eating Disorders in Adolescence: Course and the Predictive Power of Personality and Family Variables. -- The Outcome of Adolescent Eating Disorders in Two Different European Regions -- Subject Index