The intermediate-term outcome of Chinese patients with anorexia nervosa in Hong Kong

American Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 160, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 967-972

  Lee, Sing ^a   Chan, Y Y Lydia ^b   Hsu, L K George ^b  

^a TAI PO HOSPITAL   (Hong Kong)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANOREXIA NERVOSA; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; BULIMIA; CHINESE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; EATING DISORDER; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PHOBIA; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; SAMPLE SIZE; ADOLESCENT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CHINA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; ETHNIC GROUP; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HONG KONG; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERSONALITY TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; QUESTIONNAIRE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STATISTICS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANOREXIA NERVOSA; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; CHINA; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; EATING DISORDERS; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HONG KONG; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PHOBIC DISORDERS; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0038521203     PISSN: 0002953X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1176/appi.ajp.160.5.967     Document Type: Article

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