Self-medication, traumatic reenactment, and somatic expression in bulimic and self-mutilating behavior

Clinical Social Work Journal

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 87-106

  Farber, Sharon Klayman ^a  

^a NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Addiction; Bulimia; Self mutilation; Symptom substitution; Trauma

Indexed keywords

EID: 0039642575     PISSN: 00911674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1025785911606     Document Type: Article

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