Does anorexia nervosa resemble an addiction?

Current Drug Abuse Reviews

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 197-200

  Barbarich Marsteller, Nicole C ^a   Foltin, Richard W ^a   Walsh, B Timothy ^a  

^a New York State Psychiatric Institute ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Addiction; Anorexia nervosa; Eating disorders; Reward; Substance abuse

Indexed keywords

ANOREXIA NERVOSA; ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; DIET RESTRICTION; EATING DISORDER; EMOTION; EXERCISE TOLERANCE; FOOD INTAKE; HUMAN; HUNGER; MENTAL DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REWARD; STARVATION; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; WEIGHT GAIN; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

EID: 80055111335     PISSN: 18744737     EISSN: 18744745     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/1874473711104030197     Document Type: Article

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