Posttraumatic stress disorder and disordered eating: Food addiction as self-medication

Journal of Women's Health

Volumn 20, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1133-1134

  Brewerton, Timothy D ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; CAFFEINE; DOPAMINE 2 RECEPTOR; FAT; NICOTINE; OPIATE; SODIUM CARBONATE; SODIUM CHLORIDE; SUGAR;

BRAIN; CONSCIOUSNESS; DRINKING; DRUG ABUSE; EATING DISORDER; EDITORIAL; FAST FOOD; FOOD INTAKE; HUMAN; IMPULSIVENESS; MENTAL DISEASE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NEUROSCIENCE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OBESITY; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK FACTOR; SELF MEDICATION; SMOKING; SUICIDE; UNITED STATES; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

CARBONATED BEVERAGES; EATING DISORDERS; FAST FOODS; FEMALE; HUMANS; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; THINNESS; WEIGHT LOSS;

EID: 80051757168     PISSN: 15409996     EISSN: 1931843X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/jwh.2011.3050     Document Type: Editorial

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