Bulimia nervosa following psychological and multiple child abuse: Support for the self-medication hypothesis in a population-based cohort study

International Journal of Eating Disorders

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 381-388

  Schoemaker, Casper ^a   Smit, Filip ^a   Bijl, Rob V ^b   Vollebergh, Wilma A M ^a  

^a NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH AND ADDICTION   (Netherlands)

^b Ministerie van Justitie   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Abuse; Bulimia; Self medication

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; BINGE EATING DISORDER; BULIMIA; CHILD ABUSE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMORBIDITY; COPING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; MENTAL DISEASE; MOOD DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SELF MEDICATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANXIETY DISORDERS; BULIMIA; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; COHORT STUDIES; COMORBIDITY; DIAGNOSIS, DUAL (PSYCHIATRY); FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NETHERLANDS; ODDS RATIO; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS;

EID: 0036883645     PISSN: 02763478     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/eat.10102     Document Type: Article

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