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Psychometric Rating in the Assessment of Progress in Anorexia Nervosa

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 January 2018

Joan Gomez  and
Peter Dally
Joan Gomez
Affiliation:
Westminster Hospital, London, SW1
Peter Dally
Affiliation:
Westminster Hospital, London, SW1
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Summary

Personality variables and psychiatric symptoms were each assessed by inventory in 42 patients with anorexia nervosa: as in-patients initially, and during a three-year follow up. The results were used to distinguish primary from secondary cases and to monitor the clinical progress of the disorder.

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The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 136 , Issue 3 , March 1980 , pp. 290 - 296
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Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1980 

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