Acupuncture as an adjunct therapy in the treatment of eating disorders: A randomised cross-over pilot study

Complementary Therapies in Medicine

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 233-240

  Fogarty, Sarah ^a   Harris, David ^b   Zaslawski, Chris ^c   McAinch, Andrew J ^a   Stojanovska, Lily ^b  

^a VICTORIA UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Acupuncture; Anorexia Nervosa; Bulimia Nervosa; Eating disorders

Indexed keywords

ACUPUNCTURE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANOREXIA NERVOSA; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BECK DEPRESSION INVENTORY; BULIMIA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; EATING DISORDER INVENTORY 3; EATING DISORDER QUALITY OF LIFE SCALE; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PILOT STUDY; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STATE TRAIT ANXIETY INVENTORY; THERAPY EFFECT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ACUPUNCTURE THERAPY; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANOREXIA NERVOSA; ANXIETY; BULIMIA NERVOSA; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; PERSONALITY; PILOT PROJECTS; QUALITY OF LIFE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 78649804700     PISSN: 09652299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ctim.2010.09.006     Document Type: Article

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