Help seeking and barriers to treatment in a community sample of Mexican American and European American women with eating disorders

International Journal of Eating Disorders

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 154-161

  Cachelin, Fary M ^a   Striegel Moore, Ruth H ^b  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Barriers to treatment; Eating disorders; Ethnicity; Health care utilization; Treatment seeking

Indexed keywords

PSYCHOTROPIC AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; COMMUNICATION DISORDER; EATING DISORDER; EUROPEAN AMERICAN; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HELP SEEKING BEHAVIOR; HISPANIC; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOTHERAPY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ACCULTURATION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CALIFORNIA; COMORBIDITY; EATING DISORDERS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; INSURANCE COVERAGE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MEXICAN AMERICANS; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 32044449662     PISSN: 02763478     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/eat.20213     Document Type: Article

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