Coercion is coercion? Reflections on trends in the use of compulsion in treating anorexia nervosa

Australasian Psychiatry

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 390-395

  Carney, Terry ^a   Tait, David ^b   Touyz, Stephen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CANBERRA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Anorexia nervosa; Coercion; Involuntary commital; Power

Indexed keywords

ANAMNESIS; ANOREXIA NERVOSA; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; BODY MASS; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; CLINICAL INDICATOR; COMORBIDITY; DISEASE SEVERITY; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; INVOLUNTARY COMMITMENT; LEGAL ASPECT; PERSUASIVE COMMUNICATION; PSYCHOTHERAPY; REFEEDING SYNDROME; TREND STUDY;

ANOREXIA NERVOSA; COERCION; COMPULSIVE BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 34548646883     PISSN: 10398562     EISSN: 14401665     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10398560701458202     Document Type: Article

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