The relationship between obsessive-compulsive personality disorder traits, obsessive-compulsive disorder and excessive exercise in patients with anorexia nervosa: A systematic review

Journal of Eating Disorders

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Young, Sarah ^a   Rhodes, Paul ^a   Touyz, Stephen ^a   Hay, Phillipa ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Anorexia nervosa; Excessive; Exercise; Obsessive compulsive disorder; Obsessive compulsive personality

Indexed keywords

ANOREXIA NERVOSA; BEHAVIOR; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; COMPULSIVE PERSONALITY DISORDER; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EATING DISORDER; EXERCISE; HUMAN; OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; REVIEW; SCORING SYSTEM; STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

EID: 84930148252     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20502974     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/2050-2974-1-16     Document Type: Review

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