Blindness and bulimia nervosa: A description of a case report and its treatment

International Journal of Eating Disorders

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 263-265

  Fernández Aranda, Fernando ^a   Crespo, Jose M ^a   Jiménez Murcia, Susana ^a   Krug, Isabel ^a   Vallejo Ruiloba, Julio ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARI DE BELLVITGE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Blindness; Body image; Bulimia nervosa; Case report; Eating disorder

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; BLINDNESS; BODY IMAGE; BULIMIA; CASE REPORT; COGNITIVE THERAPY; EATING DISORDER; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; OUTPATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBLEM SOLVING; RELAXATION TRAINING; STRESS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

BLINDNESS; BULIMIA NERVOSA; COGNITIVE THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 33645549491     PISSN: 02763478     EISSN: 1098108X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/eat.20259     Document Type: Article

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