A comparison of purging and nonpurging eating-disordered outpatients: Mediating effects of weight and general psychopathology

International Journal of Eating Disorders

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 261-266

  O'Kearney, Richard ^a   Gertler, Robert ^b   Conti, Janet ^b   Duff, Marian ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b ROYAL PRINCE ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Eating behavior disturbance; Nonpurgers; Purgers

Indexed keywords

LAXATIVE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DISEASE MARKER; DISTRESS SYNDROME; EATING DISORDER; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHIATRIC DIAGNOSIS; RATING SCALE; SELF REPORT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AMBULATORY CARE; BODY WEIGHT; BULIMIA; COMORBIDITY; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; EATING DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 0031891939     PISSN: 02763478     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1098-108X(199804)23:3<261::AID-EAT3>3.0.CO;2-H     Document Type: Article

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