Childhood trauma, dissociation, and the internal eating disorder ‘voice’

Child Abuse and Neglect

Volumn 86, Issue , 2018, Pages 197-205

  Pugh, Matthew ^a   Waller, Glenn ^b   Esposito, Mirko ^c  

^a Vincent Square Eating Disorders Service ^*  (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Abuse; Anorexic voice; Dissociation; Eating disorder voice; Eating disorders; Trauma

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUDITORY HALLUCINATION; BINGE EATING DISORDER; BULIMIA; CHILD ABUSE; COGNITION; CORRELATIONAL STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EATING DISORDER; EMOTIONAL ABUSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERNAL EATING DISORDER VOICE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISSOCIATION; SELF CONCEPT; SELF REPORT; VOICE; ADOLESCENT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE SURVIVOR; DISSOCIATIVE DISORDER; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ADULT SURVIVORS OF CHILD ABUSE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; COGNITION; DISSOCIATIVE DISORDERS; FEEDING AND EATING DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 85054650509     PISSN: 01452134     EISSN: 18737757     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chiabu.2018.10.005     Document Type: Article

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