Attachment insecurity predicts eating disorder symptoms and treatment outcomes in a clinical sample of women

Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease

Volumn 198, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 653-659

  Illing, Vanessa ^a   Tasca, Giorgio A ^a,b,c   Balfour, Louise ^a,b   Bissada, Hany ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^c CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

anorexia nervosa; Attachment; bulimia nervosa; eating disorders; treatment outcomes

Indexed keywords

PSYCHOTROPIC AGENT;

ADULT; ANOREXIA NERVOSA; ANOREXIA NERVOSA BINGE PURGE SUBTYPE; ANOREXIA NERVOSA RESTRICTING SUBTYPE; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; BINGE EATING DISORDER; BULIMIA; DISEASE SEVERITY; EATING DISORDER; EMOTIONAL ATTACHMENT; FEMALE; GROUP THERAPY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PREDICTION; PSYCHOSOCIAL DISORDER; PSYCHOTHERAPY; RATING SCALE; SYMPTOM; TRAINING; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANXIETY DISORDER; BODY IMAGE; OBJECT RELATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; QUESTIONNAIRE;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANXIETY DISORDERS; BODY IMAGE; EATING DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; OBJECT ATTACHMENT; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; QUESTIONNAIRES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 77957024430     PISSN: 00223018     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/NMD.0b013e3181ef34b2     Document Type: Article

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