Obsessionality in Anorexia Nervosa
Psychosomatic MedicinePublished 1 January 1998
Caroline Davis, Simone Kaptein, Allan S. Kaplan, Marion P. Olmsted, D. Blake Woodside
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Findings suggest that among AN patients obsessional personality characteristics are linked to high-level exercising, and that exercising is associated with a greater degree of OC symptomatology.
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Findings suggest that among AN patients obsessional personality characteristics are linked to high-level exercising, and that exercising is associated with a greater degree of OC symptomatology. Results are discussed in the context of current theories of AN, OCD, and some biological mechanisms.
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