"Not all my fault": Genetics, stigma, and personal responsibility for women with eating disorders

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 75, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 1408-1416

  Easter, Michele M ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Anorexia nervosa; Bulimia nervosa; Eating disorders; Genetics; Mental illness; Stigma; USA; Women

Indexed keywords

GENETICS; MENTAL HEALTH; PSYCHOLOGY; RISK FACTOR; WOMENS HEALTH;

ADULT; AGE; ANOREXIA; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR GENETICS; BULIMIA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE EXACERBATION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; GENETIC RISK; GUILT; HUMAN; PERCEPTION; RESPONSIBILITY; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; SOCIAL STIGMA; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANOREXIA NERVOSA; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BULIMIA NERVOSA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY; STEREOTYPING; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 84864613017     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: 18735347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2012.05.042     Document Type: Article

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