Transition to motherhood in women with eating disorders: A qualitative study

Psychology and Psychotherapy: Theory, Research and Practice

Volumn 89, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 308-323

  Taborelli, Emma ^a   Easter, Abigail ^a   Keefe, Rosalind ^a   Schmidt, Ulrike ^b   Treasure, Janet ^b   Micali, Nadia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

anorexia; eating disorder; interpretative phenomenological analysis; motherhood; pregnancy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ENGLAND; FEEDING AND EATING DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LIFE EVENT; PREGNANCY; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; PSYCHOTHERAPY; PUERPERIUM; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SECONDARY PREVENTION; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; FEEDING AND EATING DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; LONDON; POSTPARTUM PERIOD; PREGNANCY; PSYCHOTHERAPY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SECONDARY PREVENTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84949663475     PISSN: 14760835     EISSN: 20448341     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/papt.12076     Document Type: Article

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