A randomized controlled trial of guided imagery in bulimia nervosa

Psychological Medicine

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 1347-1357

  Esplen, M J ^a   Garfinkel, P E ^b   Olmsted, M ^b   Gallop, R M ^b   Kennedy, S ^b  

^a MOUNT SINAI HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; BODY WEIGHT; BULIMIA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EATING; EATING DISORDER; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGERY; MALE; PSYCHOTHERAPY; SYMPTOM; TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VOMITING;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BULIMIA; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FOOD HABITS; HUMANS; IMAGERY (PSYCHOTHERAPY); MALE; PERSONALITY ASSESSMENT; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0031743733     PISSN: 00332917     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0033291798007405     Document Type: Article

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