Article
Obsessions and compulsions in anorexia nervosa subtypes.
The International journal of eating disorders - 1 Apr 2003
Halmi Katherine A, Sunday Suzanne R, Klump Kelly L, Strober Michael, Leckman James F, Fichter Manfred, Kaplan Allan, Woodside Blake, Treasure Janet, Berrettini Wade H, Al Shabboat Mayadah, Bulik Cynthia M, Kaye Walter H
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: Obsession and compulsions in anorexia nervosa (AN) patients are often confused with the preoccupations and rituals that are characteristic of obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD). We examined the type and frequency of characteristic OCD obsessions and compulsions in a large sample of AN patients. METHOD: In personal interviews with 324 AN patients, we assessed lifetime histories of eating disorder...
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