Personality and psychopathological traits of males with an eating disorder

European Eating Disorders Review

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 367-374

  Fernandez Aranda F ^a   Aitken, A ^a   Badia A ^a   Gimenez L ^a   Solano, R ^a   Collier, D ^b   Treasure, J ^b   Vallejo, J ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARI DE BELLVITGE   (Spain)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anorexia nervosa; Bulimia nervosa; Eating disorders; Gender; Males; Personality; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; BODY IMAGE; BODY WEIGHT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE DURATION; EATING DISORDER; FEMALE; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; IMPULSE CONTROL DISORDER; MALE; OBESITY; PERSONALITY DISORDER; PERSONALITY TEST; PSYCHIATRIC DIAGNOSIS; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOPATHY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SATISFACTION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEX RATIO; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TEMPERAMENT;

EID: 9144226977     PISSN: 10724133     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/erv.603     Document Type: Article

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