The relationship between eating disorders and childhood trauma

Authors
de Groot, J Rodin, GM
Citation
J. De Groot et Gm. Rodin, The relationship between eating disorders and childhood trauma, PSYCHIAT AN, 29(4), 1999, pp. 225
Citations number
48
Categorie Soggetti
Psychiatry
Journal title
PSYCHIATRIC ANNALS
ISSN journal
00485713 → ACNP
Volume
29
Issue
4
Year of publication
1999
Database
ISI
SICI code
0048-5713(199904)29:4<225:TRBEDA>2.0.ZU;2-S
Abstract
The authors consider evidence regarding the relationship, between childhood sexual abuse and eating disorders, taking into account the methodologic li mitations of the research that has been conducted so far They also address how trauma may predispose to the development of an eating disorder.