Screening for eating disorders: False negatives and eating disorders not otherwise specified

European Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 13-20

  Vetrone, Giuseppe ^a   Cuzzolaro, Massimo ^b   Antonozzi, Italo ^c   Garfinkel, Paul E ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^c SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Eating Attitudes Test (EAT40); Eating Disorder Inventory (EDI); Eating disorders; Eating disorders not otherwise specified; False negatives; Screening

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANOREXIA NERVOSA; ARTICLE; BULIMIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; EATING DISORDER; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; MEDICAL INSTRUMENTATION; SCORING SYSTEM; SCREENING TEST; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 33749515440     PISSN: 02136163     EISSN: 1579699X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4321/S0213-61632006000100002     Document Type: Article

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