Potential link between body dysmorphic disorder symptoms and alexithymia in an eating-disordered treatment-seeking sample

Psychiatry Research

Volumn 189, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 299-304

  Fenwick, Andrea Siân ^a   Sullivan, Karen Anne ^a  

^a QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Affect regulation; Alexithymia; Body dysmorphia; Body image; Clinical psychology; Eating disorders; Psychopathology

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALEXITHYMIA; ARTICLE; BODY DYSMORPHIC DISORDER; BODY IMAGE; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EATING DISORDER; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HELP SEEKING BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; MOOD; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SYMPTOM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFFECTIVE SYMPTOMS; AGED; BODY DYSMORPHIC DISORDERS; BODY IMAGE; BODY MASS INDEX; EATING DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80052790027     PISSN: 01651781     EISSN: 18727123     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.psychres.2011.07.011     Document Type: Article

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