On the uses of history in psychiatry: Diagnostic implications for anorexia nervosa

International Journal of Eating Disorders

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 167-182

  Habermas, Tilmann ^a  

^a GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Anorexia nervosa; Fasting; Weight phobia

Indexed keywords

ANOREXIA NERVOSA; BODY WEIGHT; COGNITION; CULTURAL FACTOR; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; DIET RESTRICTION; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; PHOBIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHIATRIC DIAGNOSIS; RATING SCALE; RELIGION; REVIEW; STARVATION;

ANOREXIA NERVOSA; BULIMIA NERVOSA; FASTING; HISTORY, 19TH CENTURY; HUMANS; MOTIVATION; PHOBIC DISORDERS; RELIGION AND MEDICINE;

EID: 24344509866     PISSN: 02763478     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/eat.20159     Document Type: Review

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