How to deal with sociocultural pressures in daily life: Reflections of adolescent girls suffering from eating disorders

Journal of Multidisciplinary Healthcare

Volumn 4, Issue , 2011, Pages 103-110

  Gustafsson, Sanna Aila ^a   Edlund, Birgitta ^b   Davén, Josefine ^a   Kjellin, Lars ^a   Norring, Claes ^c  

^a ÖREBRO UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Mental health; Phenomenography; Qualitative

Indexed keywords

EID: 84863547432     PISSN: None     EISSN: 11782390     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2147/JMDH.S17319     Document Type: Article

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