Too much – not enough: The representation of the body and the meaning of symptoms in patients with eating disorders

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Too much – not enough : The representation of the body and the meaning of symptoms in patients with eating disorders. / Lunn, Susanne; Pedersen, Signe Holm.

In: Scandinavian Psychoanalytic Review, Vol. 39, No. 2, 02.05.2017, p. 126-136.

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Lunn, S & Pedersen, SH 2017, 'Too much – not enough: The representation of the body and the meaning of symptoms in patients with eating disorders', Scandinavian Psychoanalytic Review, vol. 39, no. 2, pp. 126-136. https://doi.org/10.1080/01062301.2017.1306764

APA

Lunn, S., & Pedersen, S. H. (2017). Too much – not enough: The representation of the body and the meaning of symptoms in patients with eating disorders. Scandinavian Psychoanalytic Review, 39(2), 126-136. https://doi.org/10.1080/01062301.2017.1306764

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Lunn S, Pedersen SH. Too much – not enough: The representation of the body and the meaning of symptoms in patients with eating disorders. Scandinavian Psychoanalytic Review. 2017 May 2;39(2):126-136. https://doi.org/10.1080/01062301.2017.1306764

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Lunn, Susanne ; Pedersen, Signe Holm. / Too much – not enough : The representation of the body and the meaning of symptoms in patients with eating disorders. In: Scandinavian Psychoanalytic Review. 2017 ; Vol. 39, No. 2. pp. 126-136.

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