Treating patients with eating disorders: An examination of treatment providers' experiences

Eating Disorders

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 27-45

  Warren, Cortney S ^a   Crowley, Mary Ellen ^b   Olivardia, Roberto ^b   Schoen, Andrea ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADULT; AFFECT; ALERTNESS; ANOREXIA NERVOSA; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; BULIMIA; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COGNITIVE THERAPY; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; EATING DISORDER; FACIES; FAMILY THERAPY; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; GESTALT THERAPY; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT CARE; PSYCHOANALYSIS; PSYCHODYNAMICS; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; WORK EXPERIENCE;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AFFECT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; EATING DISORDERS; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROFESSIONAL-PATIENT RELATIONS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 58149116527     PISSN: 10640266     EISSN: 1532530X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10640260802570098     Document Type: Article

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