Self-care versus self-harm: Piercing, tattooing, and self-injuring in eating disorders

European Eating Disorders Review

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 11-18

  Claes, Laurence ^a   Vandereycken, Walter ^a   Vertommen, Hans ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Eating disorders; Piercing; Self harm; Self injury; Tattooing

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFFECT; AGGRESSIVENESS; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALTRUISM; ANOREXIA NERVOSA; ARTICLE; AUTOMUTILATION; BINGE EATING DISORDER; BODY IMAGE; BULIMIA; CAR DRIVING; CIGARETTE SMOKING; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EATING DISORDER; ESTHETICS; EXTRAVERSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMPULSIVENESS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MOTIVATION; NEUROSIS; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PERSONALITY; PHYSICAL ATTRACTIVENESS; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF CARE; SELF REPORT; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; TATTOOING; THEFT;

EID: 17144378945     PISSN: 10724133     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/erv.612     Document Type: Article

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