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dc.contributor.authorFalzon Aquilina, Francesca-
dc.contributor.authorGrech, Anton-
dc.contributor.authorZerafa, Darleen-
dc.contributor.authorAgius, Mark-
dc.contributor.authorVoon, Valerie-
dc.date.accessioned2017-02-20T08:07:50Z-
dc.date.available2017-02-20T08:07:50Z-
dc.date.issued2015-
dc.identifier.citationFalzon Aquilina, F., Grech, A., Zerafa, D., Agius, M., & Voon, V. (2015). 'Dar Kenn Għal Saħħtek' - an eating disorder and obesity service in Malta. Psychiatria Danubina, 27(1), 526-529.en_GB
dc.identifier.issn0353-5053-
dc.identifier.urihttps://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar//handle/123456789/16635-
dc.description.abstractThis paper will describe the incidence of eating disorders, with particular focus on obesity and binge eating, within the Island of Malta. The development of and ‘Dar Kenn Ghal Sahhtek’, the first centre for eating disorders in Malta will then be recounted, and the effective therapeutic interventions provided in it will be described. One important function of this unit is the treatment of excessive obesity. Some epidemiological data on the Obese Patients in DKS, relating to the incidence of Binge Eating Disorder in the DKS patient group will be given. This data was collected during a collaboritive research project between the Psychiatry Department of Cambridge University and ‘Dar Kenn Ghal Sahhtek’.en_GB
dc.language.isoenen_GB
dc.publisherMedicinska Naklada Zagreben_GB
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessen_GB
dc.subjectEating disorders -- Maltaen_GB
dc.subjectEating disorders -- Malta -- Case studiesen_GB
dc.subjectDar Kenn għal Saħħtek (Imtarfa, Malta)en_GB
dc.subjectEating disorders -- Preventionen_GB
dc.subjectBulimia -- Maltaen_GB
dc.subjectObesity -- Maltaen_GB
dc.subjectObesity -- Prevention -- Maltaen_GB
dc.subjectCompulsive eating -- Maltaen_GB
dc.title'Dar Kenn Għal Saħħtek' - an eating disorder and obesity service in Maltaen_GB
dc.typearticleen_GB
dc.typeconferenceObjecten_GB
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dc.description.reviewedpeer-revieweden_GB
dc.identifier.doi10.1016/j.eurpsy.2016.01.1548-
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