Peer reviewedERIC Number: EJ448261
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 1992
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Predisposition Factors in Anorexia Nervosa.
Nagel, K. L.; Jones, Karen H.
Adolescence, v27 n106 p381-86 Sum 1992
Reviews literature concerned with investigating psychiatric disturbances and genetic variables hypothesized as predisposing factors in etiology of anorexia nervosa. Gives particular emphasis to research which discusses association between anorexia nervosa and depression. Reviews psychopharmacological evidence and family genetics studies. Offers suggestions for future research. (Author/NB)
Descriptors: Anorexia Nervosa, Depression (Psychology), Etiology, Genetics, Psychological Characteristics
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Information Analyses
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Language: English
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