Use the body and forget the body: Treating anorexia nervosa with adapted physical activity

Clinical Child Psychology and Psychiatry

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 53-72

  Duesund, Liv ^a   Skårderud, Finn ^b  

^a NORWEGIAN SCHOOL OF SPORT SCIENCES   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

Adapted physical activity; Anorexia nervosa; Body phenomenology; Body philosophy; Embodiment

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANOREXIA NERVOSA; ARTICLE; BODY BUILD; BODY WEIGHT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; PHENOMENOLOGY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PSYCHOTHERAPY; SOCIAL INTERACTION;

EID: 0037240491     PISSN: 13591045     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1359104503008001007     Document Type: Article

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