Association between symptoms of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder and bulimic behaviors in a clinical sample of severely obese adolescents

International Journal of Obesity

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 340-346

  Cortese, S ^a,b   Isnard, P ^a,c   Frelut, M L ^d,e   Michel, G ^a,f   Quantin, L ^c   Guedeney, A ^c   Falissard, B ^a,g   Acquaviva, E ^a,g   Dalla Bernardina, B ^b   Mouren, M C ^a,h  

^a HÔPITAL ROBERT DEBRÉ   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VERONA   (Italy)

^c BICHAT HOSPITAL   (France)

^d HÔPITAL SAINT VINCENT DE PAUL   (France)

^e Centre Therapeutique Pediatrique   (France)

^f UNIVERSITÉ DE TOURS   (France)

^g Universite Paris Sud   (France)

^h INSERM   (France)

Author keywords

ADHD; Bulimic behaviors; Children adolescents; Eating disorders

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; BECK DEPRESSION INVENTORY; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; BODY MASS; BULIMIA; BULIMIC INVESTIGATORY TEST EDINBURGH; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMORBIDITY; DEPRESSION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; EATING DISORDER; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MORBID OBESITY; NEUROBIOLOGY; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; PUBERTY; RATING SCALE; SCHOOL CHILD; SCREENING; STATE TRAIT ANXIETY INVENTORY;

EID: 33846582413     PISSN: 03070565     EISSN: 14765497     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.ijo.0803400     Document Type: Article

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