Personality disorders and obesity: a systematic review

Obesity Reviews

Volumn 17, Issue 8, 2016, Pages 691-723

  Gerlach, G ^a   Loeber, S ^b   Herpertz, S ^a  

^a RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BAMBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Obesity; overweight; personality; personality disorder

Indexed keywords

AUTOMUTILATION; AVOIDANT PERSONALITY DISORDER; BARIATRIC SURGERY; BINGE EATING DISORDER; BODY WEIGHT; BORDERLINE STATE; CLINICAL STUDY; COMORBIDITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; HUMAN; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; MEDLINE; OBESITY; PARANOIA; PERSONALITY DISORDER; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; PSYCINFO; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCHIZOTYPAL PERSONALITY DISORDER; SEXUAL ASSAULT; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; WEIGHT LOSS PROGRAM;

EID: 84978922990     PISSN: 14677881     EISSN: 1467789X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/obr.12415     Document Type: Review

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