Psychiatry Research
Volume 117, Issue 3 , Pages 245-258 , 25 March 2003

Anxiety disorders in subjects seeking treatment for eating disorders: a DSM-IV controlled study

  • Nathalie T. Godart

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, Institut Mutualiste Montsouris, 42 boulevard Jourdan, 75014 Paris, France
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +33-1-56-61-69-35; fax: +33-1-56-61-69-34
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  • Martine F. Flament

      Affiliations

    • INSERM/CNRS UMR 7593, Hôpital de la Salpêtrière, Paris, France
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  • Florence Curt

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, Institut Mutualiste Montsouris, 42 boulevard Jourdan, 75014 Paris, France
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  • Fabienne Perdereau

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, Institut Mutualiste Montsouris, 42 boulevard Jourdan, 75014 Paris, France
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  • François Lang

      Affiliations

    • Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Saint Etienne, Service de Psychiatrie, 23, Bd Pasteur, 42055 Saint Etienne cedex 2, France
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  • Jean Luc Venisse

      Affiliations

    • Hôpital Saint Jacques, Unité des Addictions, BP 1005, 44035 Nantes cedex 01, France
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  • Olivier Halfon

      Affiliations

    • Service Universitaire de Psychiatrie de l'Enfant et de l'Adolescent, SUPEA Unité de Recherché, 25 A Rue du Bugnon, 1005 Lausanne, Switzerland
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  • Paul Bizouard

      Affiliations

    • Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Besançon, Hôpital Saint Jacques, Service de Psychiatrie, 2, place Saint Jacques, 25030 Besançon cedex, France
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  • Gwenolé Loas

      Affiliations

    • Secteur Hospitalo-Universitaire, CHS P. Pinel, Route de Paris Dury, 80044 Amiens cedex, France
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  • Maurice Corcos

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, Institut Mutualiste Montsouris, 42 boulevard Jourdan, 75014 Paris, France
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  • Philippe Jeammet

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, Institut Mutualiste Montsouris, Paris, France
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  • Jacques Fermanian

      Affiliations

    • Department of Biostatistics, Hôpital Necker, Paris, France

Received 25 July 2001 ,Revised 4 March 2002 ,Accepted 9 June 2002.

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doi: 10.1016/S0165-1781(03)00038-6

Psychiatry Research
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