Impact of altering DSM-IV criteria for anorexia and bulimia nervosa on the base rates of eating disorder diagnoses

Eating and Weight Disorders

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 121-128

  Thaw, J M ^a   Williamson, D A ^a,b   Martin, C K ^a  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OUR LADY OF THE LAKE REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Base rates; Classification; Diagnosis; Eating disorders; EDNOS

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANOREXIA NERVOSA; ARTICLE; BULIMIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANOREXIA NERVOSA; BULIMIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES;

EID: 0035459717     PISSN: 11244909     EISSN: 15901262     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/bf03339761     Document Type: Article

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