Comprehensive Psychiatry
Volume 51, Issue 5 , Pages 516-523 , September 2010

Symptoms of disordered eating, body shape, and mood concerns in male and female Chinese medical students

  • Yanhui Liao

      Affiliations

    • Mental Health Institute, Second Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, China
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  • Natalie P. Knoesen

      Affiliations

    • St Vincent's Mental Health, Melbourne, Australia
    • University of Melbourne, Australia
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding authors. Tieqiao Liu is to be contacted at Institute of Mental Health, The Second Xiangya Hospital of Central South University, Changsha Hunan 410011, PR China. Natalie P. Knoesen, St Vincent's Mental Health, Melbourne and the University of Melbourne, Fitzroy, Victoria 3065, Australia.
    • ,
  • David J. Castle

      Affiliations

    • St Vincent's Mental Health, Melbourne, Australia
    • University of Melbourne, Australia
    • ,
  • Jinsong Tang

      Affiliations

    • Mental Health Institute, Second Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, China
    • ,
  • Yunlong Deng

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, Third Xiangya Hospital, Central South University
    • ,
  • Riteesh Bookun

      Affiliations

    • St Vincent's Mental Health, Melbourne, Australia
    • ,
  • Xiaogang Chen

      Affiliations

    • Mental Health Institute, Second Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, China
    • ,
  • Wei Hao

      Affiliations

    • Mental Health Institute, Second Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, China
    • ,
  • Gang Meng

      Affiliations

    • Mental Health Institute, Second Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, China
    • ,
  • Tieqiao Liu

      Affiliations

    • Mental Health Institute, Second Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, China
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding authors. Tieqiao Liu is to be contacted at Institute of Mental Health, The Second Xiangya Hospital of Central South University, Changsha Hunan 410011, PR China. Natalie P. Knoesen, St Vincent's Mental Health, Melbourne and the University of Melbourne, Fitzroy, Victoria 3065, Australia.

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 Funding for this study was provided by the Natural Science Foundation of China, grant no. 30870893 and 30900486, and the National Key Basic Research and Development Program (973), grant no. 2006CB500808 and 2007CB512301.

PII: S0010-440X(09)00139-4

doi: 10.1016/j.comppsych.2009.11.007

Comprehensive Psychiatry
Volume 51, Issue 5 , Pages 516-523 , September 2010

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