Comprehensive Psychiatry
Volume 46, Issue 2 , Pages 135-139 , March 2005

Do daughters with eating disorders agree with their parents' perception of family functioning?

  • Ida Dancyger

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, North Shore University Hospital, Manhasset, NY 11030, USA
    • Department of Psychiatry, New York University School of Medicine, New York, NY 10016, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Department of Psychiatry, North Shore University Hospital, Manhasset, NY 11030, USA.
    • ,
  • Victor Fornari

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, North Shore University Hospital, Manhasset, NY 11030, USA
    • Department of Psychiatry, New York University School of Medicine, New York, NY 10016, USA
    • ,
  • Lisa Scionti

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychology, Pace University, New York, NY 10038, USA
    • ,
  • Willo Wisotsky

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, North Shore University Hospital, Manhasset, NY 11030, USA
    • Department of Psychiatry, New York University School of Medicine, New York, NY 10016, USA
    • ,
  • Suzanne Sunday

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, North Shore University Hospital, Manhasset, NY 11030, USA
    • Department of Psychiatry, New York University School of Medicine, New York, NY 10016, USA

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doi: 10.1016/j.comppsych.2004.07.024

Comprehensive Psychiatry
Volume 46, Issue 2 , Pages 135-139 , March 2005

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