Gone, but not forgotten: An examination of the factors associated with dropping out from treatment of eating disorders

European Eating Disorders Review

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 330-337

  Peake, Karen J ^a   Limbert, Caroline ^b   Whitehead, Linette ^a  

^a WARNEFORD HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b Oxford PGMDE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Completion; Dropout; Eating disorders; Treatment

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; BINGE EATING DISORDER; BODY IMAGE; BODY MASS; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COGNITIVE THERAPY; DIET THERAPY; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; EATING DISORDER; FAMILY THERAPY; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMPULSIVENESS; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; RATING SCALE; REFUSAL TO PARTICIPATE; SOCIAL ADAPTATION; TREATMENT REFUSAL; UNITED KINGDOM; VOMITING;

EID: 25844480759     PISSN: 10724133     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/erv.645     Document Type: Article

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