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Anorexia nervosa and bulimia nervosa: a psychotherapeutic cognitive-constructivist approach

Among the eating disorders, anorexia nervosa and bulimia nervosa are the ones that have made adolescent patients - often females and aged younger and younger - seek for help. This help is provided through a multidisciplinary treatment involving psychiatrists, psychologists and dietists. Psychotherapy has shown to be an efficient component for these patients' improvement. The present article aims at presenting a proposal of psychotherapeutic treatment based on a cognitive-constructivist approach.

Anorexia nervosa; bulimia nervosa; cognitive-constructivist approach


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