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