Description of an intensive dialectical behavior therapy program for multidiagnostic clients with eating disorders

Journal of Counseling and Development

Volumn 90, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 330-338

  Federici, Anita ^a   Wisniewski, Lucene ^a,b   Ben Porath, Denise ^a,c  

^a Cleveland Center for Eating Disorders   (United States)

^b CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c JOHN CARROLL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Borderline personality disorder; Dialectical behavior therapy; Eating disorders

Indexed keywords

EID: 84862554660     PISSN: 07489633     EISSN: 15566676     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/j.1556-6676.2012.00041.x     Document Type: Article

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