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Eating disorders: lessons from a cross-cultural study

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 July 2009

Michael B. King  and
Dinesh Bhugra
Michael B. King*
Affiliation:
Institute of Psychiatry and Maudsley Hospital, London
Dinesh Bhugra
Affiliation:
Institute of Psychiatry and Maudsley Hospital, London
*
1Address for correspondence: Dr Michael B. King, Academic Department of Psychiatry. Royal Free Hospital, Pond Street, London NW3 2QG
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Synopsis

Five hundred and eighty schoolgirls living in a small North Indian industrial town were screened using the EAT-26. Although twenty-nine per cent scored above the threshold for the questionnaire (≥ 20), closer scrutiny of the pattern of responses revealed misinterpretations of a large number of questions possibly on a conceptual basis. Linguistic and conceptual pitfalls inherent to cross-cultural epidemiological research are discussed with reference to previous work.

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Original Articles
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Psychological Medicine , Volume 19 , Issue 4 , November 1989 , pp. 955 - 958
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1989

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