Staging anorexia nervosa: Conceptualizing illness severity

Early Intervention in Psychiatry

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 3-10

  Maguire, Sarah ^a,e   Le Grange, Daniel ^b   Surgenor, Lois ^c   Marks, Peta ^a   Lacey, Hubert ^d   Touyz, Stephen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^e ROYAL PRINCE ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Anorexia nervosa; Diagnosis; Eating disorders; Illness staging; Severity

Indexed keywords

ANOREXIA NERVOSA; BODY MASS; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; MORBIDITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; REVIEW; STAGING; SYMPTOM; THEORETICAL MODEL;

ANOREXIA NERVOSA; DISEASE PROGRESSION; HUMANS; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; PROGNOSIS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 65249157135     PISSN: 17517885     EISSN: 17517893     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-7893.2007.00049.x     Document Type: Review

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