Implications of attachment theory and research for the assessment and treatment of eating disorders

Psychotherapy

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 249-259

  Tasca, Giorgio A ^a,b   Ritchie, Kerri ^a   Balfour, Louise ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Attachment; Eating disorders; Group psychotherapy; Psychological assessment

Indexed keywords

AFFECT; ANOREXIA NERVOSA; ATTACHMENT ANXIETY; ATTACHMENT AVOIDANCE; ATTACHMENT SECURITY; BULIMIA; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; EATING DISORDER; EMOTIONAL ATTACHMENT; GROUP THERAPY; HUMAN; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MENTAL HEALTH; PSYCHODYNAMICS; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; PSYCHOTHERAPY; REVIEW; THEORY OF MIND; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFFECT; EATING DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; OBJECT ATTACHMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; PSYCHOTHERAPY; PSYCHOTHERAPY, GROUP; RESEARCH; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; TRANSFERENCE (PSYCHOLOGY); YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80052653255     PISSN: 00333204     EISSN: 19391536     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0022423     Document Type: Review

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