Have personality disorders been overdiagnosed among eating disorder patients?

Psychopathology

Volumn 46, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 421-426

  Von Lojewski, Astrid ^a   Fisher, Anna ^a   Abraham, Suzanne ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b Northside Clinic   (Australia)

Author keywords

Binge eating; Binge purging anorexia nervosa; Bulimia nervosa; Eating disorder not otherwise specified; Excessive exercise; Laxative use; Restrictive anorexia nervosa; Vomiting

Indexed keywords

LAXATIVE;

ADULT; ANOREXIA NERVOSA; ARTICLE; BORDERLINE STATE; BULIMIA; FEMALE; HISTRIONIC PERSONALITY DISORDER; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NARCISSISM; OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE DISORDER; PERSONALITY DISORDER; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; VOMITING;

ADULT; ANOREXIA NERVOSA; BORDERLINE PERSONALITY DISORDER; BULIMIA; BULIMIA NERVOSA; FEMALE; HISTRIONIC PERSONALITY DISORDER; HUMANS; INPATIENTS; INTERVIEW, PSYCHOLOGICAL; LAXATIVES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NARCISSISM; OBSESSIVE-COMPULSIVE DISORDER; PERSONALITY DISORDERS; VOMITING;

EID: 84887074842     PISSN: 02544962     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000345856     Document Type: Article

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