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https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/16635| Title: | 'Dar Kenn Għal Saħħtek' - an eating disorder and obesity service in Malta |
| Authors: | Falzon Aquilina, Francesca Grech, Anton Zerafa, Darleen Agius, Mark Voon, Valerie |
| Keywords: | Eating disorders -- Malta Eating disorders -- Malta -- Case studies Dar Kenn għal Saħħtek (Imtarfa, Malta) Eating disorders -- Prevention Bulimia -- Malta Obesity -- Malta Obesity -- Prevention -- Malta Compulsive eating -- Malta |
| Issue Date: | 2015 |
| Publisher: | Medicinska Naklada Zagreb |
| Citation: | Falzon 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. |
| Abstract: | This 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’. |
| URI: | https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar//handle/123456789/16635 |
| ISSN: | 0353-5053 |
| Appears in Collections: | Melitensia Works - ERCMedGen |
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