Do men with eating disorders differ from women in clinics, psychopathology and personality?

European Eating Disorders Review

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 23-31

  Núñez Navarro, Araceli ^a   Agüera, Zaida ^a,b   Krug, Isabel ^a,b   Jiménez Murcia, Susana ^a,b,c   Sánchez, Isabel ^a   Araguz, Noemí ^a   Gorwood, Phillip ^d   Granero, Roser ^e   Penelo, Eva ^e   Karwautz, Andreas ^f   Moragas, Laura ^a   Saldaña, Sandra ^a   Treasure, Janet ^g   Menchón, José Manuel ^a,c,h   Fernández Aranda, Fernando ^a,b,c  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARI DE BELLVITGE   (Spain)

^b Instituto de Salud Carlos III   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^d HÔPITAL LOUIS MOURIER   (France)

^e UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^f MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^g KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^h CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIÓN BIOMÉDICA EN RED DE SALUD MENTAL CIBERSAM   (Spain)

Author keywords

anorexia nervosa; bulimia nervosa; eating disorders; EDNOS; males

Indexed keywords

LAXATIVE;

ADULT; ANOREXIA NERVOSA; ARTICLE; BULIMIA; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; COOPERATION; DRUG ABUSE; EATING DISORDER; EATING DISORDER INVENTORY; FEMALE; HARM REDUCTION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; PERSONALITY; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; QUESTIONNAIRE; REWARD; SATISFACTION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SYMPTOM CHECKLIST 90; TEMPERAMENT AND CHARACTER INVENTORY; VOMITING; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ADULT; BODY IMAGE; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; EATING DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEN; PERSONALITY; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; QUESTIONNAIRES; WOMEN; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84855453466     PISSN: 10724133     EISSN: 10990968     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/erv.1146     Document Type: Article

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