Medication and psychotherapy in the treatment of bulimia nervosa

American Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 154, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 523-531

  Walsh, B Timothy ^a,b   Wilson, G Terence ^a   Loeb, Katharine L ^a   Devlin, Michael J ^a   Pike, Kathleen M ^a   Roose, Steven P ^a   Fleiss, Joseph ^a   Waternaux, Christine ^a  

^a Columbia University ^*  (United States)

^b NEW YORK STATE PSYCHIATRIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DESIPRAMINE; FLUOXETINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; BULIMIA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COGNITIVE THERAPY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; HUMAN; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0030898297     PISSN: 0002953X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1176/ajp.154.4.523     Document Type: Article

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