Anorexia nervosa, major depression, and obsessive-compulsive disorder in a down's syndrome patient

International Journal of Eating Disorders

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 107-109

  Raitasuo, Seija ^a,b,c   Virtanen, Hilkka ^b   Raitasuo, Jouni ^a  

^a Spec Welfare District of Southwest   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

^c Turku Psychiatric Clinic   (Finland)

Author keywords

Down's syndrome; Major depression; Obsessive compulsive disorder

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; CITALOPRAM; MIANSERIN;

ADULT; ANOREXIA NERVOSA; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DEPRESSION; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DOWN SYNDROME; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; OBSESSION; PATIENT EDUCATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOTHERAPY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0031460387     PISSN: 02763478     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1098-108X(199801)23:1<107::AID-EAT15>3.0.CO;2-Z     Document Type: Article

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