Why the high rate of dropout from individualized cognitive-behavior therapy for bulimia nervosa?

International Journal of Eating Disorders

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 209-214

  Steel, Zachary ^a,b   Jones, Jennifer ^a   Adcock, Sylvia ^a   Clancy, Rosemary ^a   Bridgford West, Leanne ^a   Austin, Jordi ^a  

^a Macarthur Health Service   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bulimia; Cognitive behavioral therapy; Discriminate analysis; Predictors; Treatment dropout

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; BULIMIA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITION; DEPRESSION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; SCORING SYSTEM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFFECT; BULIMIA; COGNITIVE THERAPY; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FEMALE; HUMANS; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT DROPOUTS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES;

EID: 0033912298     PISSN: 02763478     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1098-108X(200009)28:2<209::AID-EAT10>3.0.CO;2-L     Document Type: Article

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