Mechanisms of action in the process of change: Helping eating disorder clients make meaningful shifts in their lives

Clinical Child Psychology and Psychiatry

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 225-237

  Geller, Josie ^a  

^a ST PAUL S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Eating disorders; Motivation; Readiness; Theory of change; Treatment nonnegotiables

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; CHANGE THEORY; COGNITIVE THERAPY; COPING BEHAVIOR; DECISION MAKING; EATING DISORDER; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALADJUSTMENT; MOTIVATION; SELF CONCEPT;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; ANOREXIA NERVOSA; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CULTURE; FEMALE; HELPING BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MOTIVATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY;

EID: 33746400530     PISSN: 13591045     EISSN: 14617021     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1359104506061413     Document Type: Article

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