To investigate whether alcohol and drug abuse are symptomatic of eating disorders or related to a concomitant borderline personality disorder, we reviewed all female inpatient medical records filed at the Department of Psychosomatic Medicine between 1978 and 1990. Over 300 records were assessable. T
Association of sexual abuse and borderline personality disorder in eating disordered women
β Scribed by Waller, Glenn
- Publisher
- Wiley (John Wiley & Sons)
- Year
- 1993
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 379 KB
- Volume
- 13
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0276-3478
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