What happens to eating disorder outpatients who withdrew from therapy?

Eating and Weight Disorders

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 298-303

  Di Pietro, G ^a   Valoroso, L ^a   Fichele, M ^a   Bruno, C ^a   Sorge, F ^a  

^a FEDERICO II UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Anorexia; Bulimia; Dropout; Outcome; Therapy

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BODY MASS; EATING DISORDER; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MALE; PATIENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RECURRENT DISEASE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BODY MASS INDEX; EATING DISORDERS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; PATIENT DROPOUTS; RECURRENCE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0038204821     PISSN: 11244909     EISSN: 15901262     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03324976     Document Type: Article

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