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Sertraline in underweight binge eating/purging‐type eating disorders: Five case reports
Author(s) -
Frank Guido K.,
Kaye Walter H.,
Marcus Marsha D.
Publication year - 2001
Publication title -
international journal of eating disorders
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.785
H-Index - 138
eISSN - 1098-108X
pISSN - 0276-3478
DOI - 10.1002/eat.1048
Subject(s) - sertraline , eating disorders , underweight , psychiatry , binge eating , psychology , anorexia nervosa , binge eating disorder , clinical trial , clinical psychology , medicine , obesity , bulimia nervosa , anxiety , overweight , antidepressant
Discussion Control trials show that antidepressants are efficacious in eating disorders. Although selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) are used in clinical practice, there are relatively few controlled or open trials demonstrating that SSRIs are effective. We report five cases of underweight women with binge eating/purging‐type eating disorders who gained weight and had reduced core eating disorder behaviors in response to sertraline. © 2001 by John Wiley & Sons, Inc. Int J Eat Disord 29: 495–498, 20001.