Compulsory treatment in anorexia nervosa: Short-term benefits and long- term mortality

British Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 175, Issue AUG., 1999, Pages 147-153

  Ramsay, Rosalind ^a   Ward, Anne ^a   Treasure, Janet ^b   Russell, Gerald F M ^b,c  

^a SOUTH LONDON AND MAUDSLEY NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c Southgate   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANOREXIA NERVOSA; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMORBIDITY; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; WEIGHT GAIN;

EID: 0032804295     PISSN: 00071250     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1192/bjp.175.2.147     Document Type: Article

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