Self-injurious behavior and eating disorders: The extent and nature of the association

Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 409-421

  Svirko, Elena ^a   Hawton, Keith ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTOMUTILATION; BATTERED CHILD SYNDROME; CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COGNITION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISSOCIATIVE DISORDER; EATING DISORDER; EMBASE; FAMILY LIFE; HUMAN; IMPULSIVENESS; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDLINE; MOOD DISORDER; OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE DISORDER; PSYCINFO; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SYMPTOM;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANOREXIA NERVOSA; BULIMIA; CHILD ABUSE; COMORBIDITY; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; EATING DISORDERS; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MALE; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; PREVALENCE; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; SELF-INJURIOUS BEHAVIOR;

EID: 35148854144     PISSN: 03630234     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1521/suli.2007.37.4.409     Document Type: Review

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