Eating disorder NOS (EDNOS): An example of the troublesome "not otherwise specified" (NOS) category in DSM-IV

Behaviour Research and Therapy

Volumn 43, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 691-701

  Fairburn, Christopher G ^a   Bohn, Kristin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Classification; Clinical utility; Diagnosis; DSM IV; Eating disorder; NOS

Indexed keywords

ANOREXIA NERVOSA; ARTICLE; BINGE EATING DISORDER; BULIMIA; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; EATING DISORDER; HUMAN; MIXED EATING DISORDER; NOMENCLATURE; PSYCHIATRIC DIAGNOSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; EATING DISORDERS; HUMANS; PROGNOSIS;

EID: 18844392532     PISSN: 00057967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brat.2004.06.011     Document Type: Article

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