Three decades of eating disorders in Dutch primary care: Decreasing incidence of bulimia nervosa but not of anorexia nervosa

Psychological Medicine

Volumn 46, Issue 6, 2016, Pages 1189-1196

  Smink, F R E ^a   Van Hoeken, D ^a   Donker, G A ^b   Susser, E S ^c   Oldehinkel, A J ^d   Hoek, H W ^a,c,d  

^a PARNASSIA PSYCHIATRIC INSTITUTE   (Netherlands)

^b NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

^c Department of Medicine   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Anorexia nervosa; bulimia nervosa; eating disorders; epidemiology; incidence; primary care; time trends

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANOREXIA NERVOSA; BULIMIA NERVOSA; CHILD; FACTUAL DATABASE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; SEX RATIO; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANOREXIA NERVOSA; BULIMIA NERVOSA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DATABASES, FACTUAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; SEX DISTRIBUTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84959568925     PISSN: 00332917     EISSN: 14698978     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S003329171500272X     Document Type: Article

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