Ambivalent appetites: Dissonances in social and medical constructions of anorexia nervosa

Journal of Community and Applied Social Psychology

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 269-281

  Boughtwood, Desiree ^a   Halse, Christine ^b  

^a High Street Youth Mental Health Service ^*  (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Adolescent girls; Anorexia nervosa; Discourse; Food; Inpatient treatment; Physicality

Indexed keywords

EID: 51449097336     PISSN: 10529284     EISSN: 10991298     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/casp.923     Document Type: Article

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