Factors associated with treatment seeking in a community sample of European American and Mexican American women with eating disorders

European Eating Disorders Review

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 422-429

  Cachelin, Fary M ^a   Striegel Moore, Ruth H ^b   Regan, Pamela C ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Eating disorders; Ethnicity; Health care utilisation; Mexican American; Treatment seeking

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BINGE EATING DISORDER; BODY MASS; BULIMIA; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; DEPRESSION; DISEASE COURSE; DISTRESS SYNDROME; EATING DISORDER; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; EUROPEAN AMERICAN; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HELP SEEKING BEHAVIOR; HISPANIC; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENTAL DISEASE; ONSET AGE; PATIENT ATTITUDE;

EID: 33751556622     PISSN: 10724133     EISSN: 10990968     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/erv.720     Document Type: Article

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