Prevalence, incidence, and natural course of anorexia and bulimia nervosa among adolescents and young adults

European Child and Adolescent Psychiatry

Volumn 25, Issue 8, 2016, Pages 903-918

  Nagl, Michaela ^a   Jacobi, Corinna ^a   Paul, Martin ^a   Beesdo Baum, Katja ^a   Höfler, Michael ^a   Lieb, Roselind ^b,c   Wittchen, Hans Ulrich ^a,c  

^a DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF PSYCHIATRY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Anorexia nervosa; Bulimia nervosa; Epidemiology; Prevalence; Stability

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANOREXIA NERVOSA; ARTICLE; BULIMIA; DISEASE COURSE; DSM-IV; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ONSET AGE; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; YOUNG ADULT; BULIMIA NERVOSA; GERMANY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANOREXIA NERVOSA; BULIMIA NERVOSA; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GERMANY; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; PREVALENCE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84954151887     PISSN: 10188827     EISSN: 1435165X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00787-015-0808-z     Document Type: Article

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