Factors associated with dropout from treatment for eating disorders: A comprehensive literature review

BMC Psychiatry

Volumn 9, Issue , 2009, Pages 67-

  Fassino, Secondo ^a   Pierò, Andrea ^b   Tomba, Elena ^c   Abbate Daga, Giovanni ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^b Mental Health Centre   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANGER; ANOREXIA NERVOSA; ARTICLE; BINGE EATING DISORDER; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COCHRANE LIBRARY; COMORBIDITY; DATA ANALYSIS; DEPRESSION; DIET THERAPY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EATING DISORDER; FAMILY THERAPY; FEAR; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HOSTILITY; HUMAN; IMPULSIVENESS; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MEDLINE; MENTAL DISEASE; METHODOLOGY; MOTIVATION; OUTPATIENT; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT COUNSELING; PERSONALITY; PREDICTION; PSYCHOTHERAPY; PSYCINFO; SAMPLE SIZE; SELF CONCEPT;

EID: 70449709406     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1471244X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-244X-9-67     Document Type: Article

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