Pathological eating and body dissatisfaction in middle-aged and older women

Current Opinion in Psychiatry

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 431-435

  Mangweth Matzek, Barbara ^a   Hoek, Hans W ^b,c,d   Pope, Harrison G ^e  

^a INNSBRUCK MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Austria)

^b PARNASSIA PSYCHIATRIC INSTITUTE   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^d Department of Medicine   (United States)

^e MCLEAN HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Body dissatisfaction; Eating disorders; Eating disturbances; Middle aged women; Pathological eating

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGING; ANOREXIA NERVOSA; BINGE EATING DISORDER; BODY DISSATISFACTION; BODY IMAGE; BULIMIA; COGNITIVE THERAPY; EATING DISORDER; FEMALE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; MENOPAUSE; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGICAL EATING; REVIEW; SATISFACTION; SELF CARE; SOCIAL STATUS; AGED; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; EATING DISORDERS; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOLOGY; RISK FACTOR;

ADULT; AGED; BODY IMAGE; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; EATING DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MENOPAUSE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84927949551     PISSN: 09517367     EISSN: 14736578     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/YCO.0000000000000102     Document Type: Review

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