69
Views
2
CrossRef citations to date
0
Altmetric
Original Article

The Epidemiology of Anorexia Nervosa in South Australia

&
Pages 182-186 | Published online: 06 Jul 2009

References

  • American College of Physicians. Eating disorders: anorexia ner-vosa and bulimia. Annals of Internal Medicine 1986; 105: 790–794
  • Szmukler G I. The epidemiology of anorexia nervosa and bulimia. Journal of Psychiatric Research 1985; 19: 143–153
  • Ben-Tovim D I, Subbiah N, Schuetz B, Morton J. Bulimia: symptoms and syndromes in an urban population. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry 1989; 23: 73–80
  • Szmukler G, McCance C, Hunter D. Anorexia nervosa: a psychiatric case-register study from Aberdeen. Psychological Medicine 1986; 16: 49–58
  • Crisp A H, Palmer R I, Kalucy R S. How common is anorexia nervosa? A prevalence study. British Journal of Psychiatry 1976; 128: 549–554
  • Button E J, Whitebouse A. Subclinical anorexia nervosa. Psychological Medicine 1981; 11: 509–516
  • Mann A H, Wakeling A, Wood K, Monck E, Dobbs R, Szmukler G I. Screening for abnormal eating attitudes and psychiatric morbidity in an unselected population of 15 year old schoolgirls. Psychological Medicine 1983; 13: 573–580
  • Meadows G N, Plamer R L, Newball E UM, Kenrick J M. Eating attitudes and disorder in young women: a general practice based survey. Psychological Medicine 1986; 16: 351–357
  • King M B. Eating disorders in general practice. British Medical Journal 1986; 293: 1412–1414
  • Garner D, Garfinkel P E. The eating attitudes test: an index of the symptoms of anorexia nervosa. Psychological Medicine 1979; 9: 273–274
  • Robins L N, Henzer J E, Weiseman M M, et al. Lifetime prevalence of psychiatric disorders at three sites. Archives of General Psychiatry 1984; 41: 949–958
  • Bland R C, Om H, Newman S C. Lifetime prevalence of psychiatric disorders in Edmonton. Acta Psychiatrica Scan-dinavica 1988; 77(supplement 338)24–32
  • Wells J E, Bushnell J A, Hornblow A R, Joyce P R, Oakley-Browne M A. Christchurch Psychiatric Epidemiology Study, Part I: methodology and lifetime prevalence of specific psychiatric disorder. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry 1989; 23: 315–326
  • Suematsu H, Ishikawa H. Statistical studies on anorexia nervosa in Japan: detailed clinical data on 1,011 patients. Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics 1985; 43: 96–103
  • Pope H G, Hudson J I, Yurgelun-Todd D. Anorexia nervosa and bulimia among 300 suburban women shoppers. American Journal of Psychiatry 1984; 141: 292–294
  • Pyle R L, Halvorson P A, Neuman P A, Mitchell J E. The increasing prevalence of bulimia in freshman college students. International Journal of Eating Disorders 1986; 5: 631–647
  • Ballot N S. Anorexia Nervosa: a prevalence study. South African Medical Journal 1981; 59: 992–993
  • Cullberg J, Engstrom-Lindberg M. Prevalence and eating disorders in a suburban area. Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica 1988; 78: 314–319
  • Rastam M, Gillberg C, Gorton M. Anorexia nervosa in a Swedish urban region: a population based study. British Journal of Psychiatry 1989; 155: 642–646
  • Ben-Tovim D I, Morton J. The prevalence of anorexia nervosa. New England Journal of Medicine 1989; 320: 736–737
  • Ben-Tovim D I. DSM-III, draft DSM-IIIR and the diagnosis and prevalence of bulimia in Australia. American Journal of Psychiatry 1988; 145: 1000–1002
  • Ben-Tovim D I. Does anorexia nervosa remit'?. Eating Disorders and Disordered Eating, S Abraham, D Llewellyn-Jones. Ashwood House, Sydney 1987
  • Kendell R E, Hall D J, Hailey A, Babigian H M. The epidemiology of anorexia nervosa. Psychological Medicine 1973; 3: 200–203
  • Jones D J, Fox M M, Babigian H M, Hutton H E. The epidemiology of anorexia nervosa in Munro County, New York: 1960–1976. Psychosomatic Medicine 1980; 42: 551–558

Reprints and Corporate Permissions

Please note: Selecting permissions does not provide access to the full text of the article, please see our help page How do I view content?

To request a reprint or corporate permissions for this article, please click on the relevant link below:

Academic Permissions

Please note: Selecting permissions does not provide access to the full text of the article, please see our help page How do I view content?

Obtain permissions instantly via Rightslink by clicking on the button below:

If you are unable to obtain permissions via Rightslink, please complete and submit this Permissions form. For more information, please visit our Permissions help page.