Comprehensive Psychiatry
Volume 47, Issue 2 , Pages 91-98 , March 2006

Is major depressive episode related to anxiety disorders in anorexics and bulimics?

  • Nathalie T. Godart

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, Institut Mutualiste Montsouris (IMM), Université Paris V Paris, Unité INSERM U 669 PSIGIAM, France
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Department of Psychiatry, Institut Mutualiste Montsouris, 75014 Paris, France. Tel.: +33 1 56 61 69 35; fax: +33 1 56 61 69 34.
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  • Fabienne Perdereau

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, Institut Mutualiste Montsouris (IMM), Université Paris V Paris, Unité INSERM U 669 PSIGIAM, France
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  • Florence Curt

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, Institut Mutualiste Montsouris (IMM), Université Paris V Paris, Unité INSERM U 669 PSIGIAM, France
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  • Zoé Rein

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, Institut Mutualiste Montsouris (IMM), Université Paris V Paris, Unité INSERM U 669 PSIGIAM, France
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  • François Lang

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Saint Etienne, France
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  • Jean Luc Venisse

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, Hôpital Saint Jacques–Unité des addictionsNantes
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  • Olivier Halfon

      Affiliations

    • Service universitaire de Psychiatrie de l'enfant et de l'adolescent Lausanne–Suisse
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  • Paul Bizouard

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Besançon, France
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  • Gwenole Loas

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, Secteur Hospitalo–Universitaire P. Pinel Amiens, France
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  • Maurice Corcos

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, Institut Mutualiste Montsouris (IMM), Université Paris V Paris, Unité INSERM U 669 PSIGIAM, France
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  • Philippe Jeammet

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, Institut Mutualiste Montsouris (IMM), Université Paris V Paris, Unité INSERM U 669 PSIGIAM, France
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  • Martine F. Flament

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, University of Ottawa, Royal Ottawa Hospital, Ontario, Canada

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☆ All authors disclose any financial conflict of interest.

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doi: 10.1016/j.comppsych.2005.07.001

Comprehensive Psychiatry
Volume 47, Issue 2 , Pages 91-98 , March 2006

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