E-Health Interventions for Eating Disorders: Emerging Findings, Issues, and Opportunities

Current Psychiatry Reports

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2016, Pages

  Aardoom, Jiska J ^a   Dingemans, Alexandra E ^a   Van Furth, Eric F ^a,b  

^a Center for Eating Disorders Ursula   (Netherlands)

^b LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

E health; Eating disorders; Internet interventions; Self help; Treatment

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; COGNITIVE THERAPY; EATING DISORDER; ELECTRONIC HEALTH INTERVENTION; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MENTAL DISEASE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CARE; PROCESS OPTIMIZATION; REVIEW; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; FEEDING AND EATING DISORDERS; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; INTERNET; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY;

COGNITIVE THERAPY; FEEDING AND EATING DISORDERS; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; INTERNET;

EID: 84959460102     PISSN: 15233812     EISSN: 15351645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11920-016-0673-6     Document Type: Review

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