The weeping behavior in anorexic and bulimic females

Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics

Volumn 68, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 319-324

  Mangweth, Barbara ^a   Kemmler, Georg ^a   Ebner, Christoph ^b   De Col, Christine ^a   Kinzl, Johannes ^a   Biebl, Wilfried ^a   Vingerhoets, Ad ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

^c TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Alexithymia; Anorexia; Bulimia; Crying; Weeping

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANOREXIA; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; BULIMIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYING; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; ANOREXIA NERVOSA; BULIMIA; CRYING; FEMALE; HUMANS; PERSONALITY;

EID: 0032743412     PISSN: 00333190     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000012350     Document Type: Article

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