The pervasive refusal syndrome: The RAHC experience

Clinical Child Psychology and Psychiatry

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 145-165

  Thompson, Susan Lynne ^a,b   Nunn, Kenneth Patrick ^a  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL AT WESTMEAD   (Australia)

^b Pain Team ^*

Author keywords

abnormal illness behaviour; eating disorder; pervasive refusal

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CLINICAL FEATURE; COGNITION; EMOTIONAL STRESS; FAMILY; PSYCHIATRIC DIAGNOSIS; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; SYNDROME;

EID: 0030968013     PISSN: 13591045     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1359104597021010     Document Type: Article

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