Comprehensive Psychiatry
Volume 49, Issue 4 , Pages 359-363 , July 2008

Eating disorder psychopathology does not predict the overweight severity in subjects seeking weight loss treatment

  • Giovanni Castellini

      Affiliations

    • Psychiatric Unit, Department of Neuropsychiatric Sciences, Florence University School of Medicine, 50134 Firenze, Italy
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  • Francesco Lapi

      Affiliations

    • Department of Preclinical and Clinical Pharmacology, Florence University School of Medicine, 50134 Firenze, Italy
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  • Claudia Ravaldi

      Affiliations

    • Psychiatric Unit, Department of Neuropsychiatric Sciences, Florence University School of Medicine, 50134 Firenze, Italy
    • ,
  • Alfredo Vannacci

      Affiliations

    • Department of Preclinical and Clinical Pharmacology, Florence University School of Medicine, 50134 Firenze, Italy
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  • Carlo Maria Rotella

      Affiliations

    • Department of Clinical Pathophysiology, Section of Metabolic Diseases and Diabetology. Endocrinology Unit, Florence University School of Medicine, 50134 Firenze, Italy
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  • Carlo Faravelli

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychology, University of Florence, Firenze, Italy
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  • Valdo Ricca

      Affiliations

    • Psychiatric Unit, Department of Neuropsychiatric Sciences, Florence University School of Medicine, 50134 Firenze, Italy
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author.

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doi: 10.1016/j.comppsych.2008.01.005

Comprehensive Psychiatry
Volume 49, Issue 4 , Pages 359-363 , July 2008

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