A naturalistic study of psychotherapy for bulimia nervosa, part 1: Comorbidity and therapeutic outcome

Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease

Volumn 193, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 573-584

  Thompson Brenner, Heather ^a   Westen, Drew ^b  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bulimia; Comorbidity; Eating disorders; Personality; Treatment outcome

Indexed keywords

ANOREXIA NERVOSA; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; AVOIDANT PERSONALITY DISORDER; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; BORDERLINE STATE; BULIMIA; CLINICAL TRIAL; COGNITIVE THERAPY; COMORBIDITY; COMPULSIVE PERSONALITY DISORDER; DEPENDENT PERSONALITY DISORDER; DISEASE SEVERITY; DYSTHYMIA; EATING DISORDER; HISTRIONIC PERSONALITY DISORDER; HUMAN; MAJOR DEPRESSION; META ANALYSIS; NARCISSISM; OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE DISORDER; PANIC; PERSONALITY DISORDER; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PSYCHIATRIC DIAGNOSIS; PSYCHOTHERAPY; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; BULIMIA; COMORBIDITY; EPISODE OF CARE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MANUALS; MENTAL DISORDERS; PATIENT SELECTION; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PRIVATE PRACTICE; PSYCHOTHERAPY; Q-SORT; QUESTIONNAIRES; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 17144407677     PISSN: 00223018     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.nmd.0000178843.81100.eb     Document Type: Article

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