The effects of stigma on recovery attitudes in people with anorexia nervosa in intensive treatment

Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease

Volumn 204, Issue 5, 2016, Pages 370-380

  Dimitropoulos, Gina ^a   Mccallum, Leslie ^b   Colasanto, Marlena ^c   Freeman, Victoria E ^d   Gadalla, Tahany ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK   (Canada)

Author keywords

Anorexia nervosa; Quantitative; Recovery; Stigma; Treatment

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ADVERSE OUTCOME; ANOREXIA NERVOSA; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; MALE; MODEL; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PERCEPTION; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF CONCEPT; SELF ESTEEM; SELF STIGMA MODEL; CONVALESCENCE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL STIGMA; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; ANOREXIA NERVOSA; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL STIGMA; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84958781008     PISSN: 00223018     EISSN: 1539736X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/NMD.0000000000000480     Document Type: Article

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