Revisiting poor insight into illness in anorexia nervosa: True unawareness or conscious disagreement?

Journal of Psychiatric Practice

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 85-93

  Arbel, Reout ^a   Latzer, Yael ^a   Koren, Danny ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

Author keywords

anorexia; clinical study; eating disorder not otherwise specified; eating disorders; insight into illness

Indexed keywords

ANOREXIA NERVOSA; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONCURRENT VALIDITY; EATING DISORDER; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTROSPECTION; RATING SCALE; SCALE OF UNAWARENESS OF MENTAL DISORDER; VALIDITY; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; ADULT; AWARENESS; CONFLICT; HUMAN RELATION; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PSYCHOLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; ANOREXIA NERVOSA; AWARENESS; CONFLICT (PSYCHOLOGY); FEMALE; HUMANS; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PROFESSIONAL-PATIENT RELATIONS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84897006587     PISSN: 15274160     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.pra.0000445243.00683.30     Document Type: Article

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