Exploring alexithymia, depression, and binge eating in self-reported eating disorders in women

Perspectives in Psychiatric Care

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 114-123

  Wheeler, Kathleen ^a   Greiner, Philip ^a   Boulton, Martha ^a  

^a FAIRFIELD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Alexithymia; Binge eating; Depression

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANOREXIA NERVOSA; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BULIMIA; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEPRESSION; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; EMOTIONAL DISORDER; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONALITY TEST; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ADULT; AFFECTIVE SYMPTOMS; AGED; ANOREXIA NERVOSA; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BULIMIA NERVOSA; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEPRESSION; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEW, PSYCHOLOGICAL; LOGISTIC MODELS; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; WOMEN;

EID: 32944461744     PISSN: 00315990     EISSN: 17446163     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-6163.2005.00022.x     Document Type: Article

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