Misuse of laxatives among adult outpatients with eating disorders: Prevalence and profiles

International Journal of Eating Disorders

Volumn 39, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 404-409

  Bryant Waugh, Rachel ^a,b   Turner, Hannah ^a,b   East, Philippa ^a   Gamble, Caroline ^a   Mehta, Rajnikant ^b  

^a SOUTHERN HEALTH NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Eating disorder; Laxative misuse; Psychobehavioral profiles

Indexed keywords

LAXATIVE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANOREXIA; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DEPRESSION; DRUG MISUSE; EATING DISORDER; FEMALE; HOSTILITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTPATIENT; PREDICTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANOREXIA NERVOSA; BODY IMAGE; BORDERLINE PERSONALITY DISORDER; BULIMIA; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CATHARTICS; COMORBIDITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF EFFICACY; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS;

EID: 33745206526     PISSN: 02763478     EISSN: 1098108X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/eat.20267     Document Type: Article

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