A 4-year epidemiological study of typical and atypical eating disorders: Preliminary evidence for subgroups of atypical eating disorders with different natural outcomes

European Eating Disorders Review

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 234-239

  Cotrufo, Paolo ^a   Monteleone, P ^a   Castaldo, E ^a   Maj, M ^a  

^a SECOND UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES   (Italy)

Author keywords

Anorexia nervosa; Atypical eating disorders; Bulimia nervosa; Natural outcome

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ANOREXIA NERVOSA; ARTICLE; BULIMIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; EATING DISORDER; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HIGH SCHOOL; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; POPULATION RESEARCH; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHIATRIC DIAGNOSIS; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; QUESTIONNAIRE; REMISSION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCREENING TEST;

EID: 4344595868     PISSN: 10724133     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/erv.576     Document Type: Article

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