Dropping out from psychological treatment for eating disorders: What are the issues?

European Eating Disorders Review

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 198-216

  Mahon, Jennifer ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b LEICESTER GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANOREXIA NERVOSA; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; BINGE EATING DISORDER; BULIMIA; CLINICAL TRIAL; FAMILY THERAPY; HUMAN; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PSYCHOANALYSIS; PSYCHODYNAMICS; PSYCHOTHERAPY; REVIEW; TREATMENT FAILURE;

EID: 0034036954     PISSN: 10724133     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-0968(200005)8:3<198::AID-ERV356>3.0.CO;2-3     Document Type: Review

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