Brief report: Psychological characteristics of less severe forms of eating disorders: An epidemiological study among 259 female adolescents

Journal of Adolescence

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 147-154

  Cotrufo, Paolo ^a   Gnisci, Augusto ^a   Caputo, Immacolata ^a  

^a SECOND UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANOREXIA; ANOREXIA NERVOSA; ARTICLE; BINGE EATING DISORDER; BULIMIA; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; DISEASE SEVERITY; EATING DISORDER; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENTAL DISEASE; PREVALENCE; PSYCHIATRIC DIAGNOSIS; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STUDENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANOREXIA NERVOSA; BULIMIA; EATING DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; ITALY;

EID: 13344275087     PISSN: 01401971     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.adolescence.2004.07.006     Document Type: Article

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