Objective: The focus of this article is on the process of recovery from anorexia nervosa, rather than on its etiology. It seeks for sociological, instead of clinical, reasons for recovery. Method: The article begins with a discussion of clinical outcome studies. It then reports on a phenomenologica
A case of dysmorphophobia following recovery from anorexia nervosa
β Scribed by Pantano, Michela ;Santonastaso, Paolo
- Publisher
- Wiley (John Wiley & Sons)
- Year
- 1989
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 250 KB
- Volume
- 8
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0276-3478
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