Night eating syndrome: Diagnosis, epidemiology and management

CNS Drugs

Volumn 19, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 997-1008

  O'Reardon, John P ^a   Peshek, Andrew ^a   Allison, Kelly C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMFEBUTAMONE; ANOREXIGENIC AGENT; ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE; DEXAMPHETAMINE; DIPHENHYDRAMINE; EPHEDRINE; FENFLURAMINE; FLUVOXAMINE; HERBACEOUS AGENT; HYPERICUM PERFORATUM EXTRACT; HYPNOTIC SEDATIVE AGENT; KAWAIN; LITHIUM; MELATONIN; NEFAZODONE; NEUROLEPTIC AGENT; PAROXETINE; PHENTERMINE; PYRROLIDINE DERIVATIVE; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITOR; SERTRALINE; TOPIRAMATE; TRYPTOPHAN; VALERIAN; VENLAFAXINE; ZOLPIDEM;

ANOREXIA; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; BODY MASS; CALORIC INTAKE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COGNITIVE THERAPY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; EATING DISORDER; FOOD INTAKE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INSOMNIA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OBESITY; PHOTOTHERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEROTONINERGIC SYSTEM; STRESS;

EATING DISORDERS; HUMANS; SEROTONIN AGENTS; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITORS;

EID: 28844498468     PISSN: 11727047     EISSN: 11727047     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2165/00023210-200519120-00003     Document Type: Review

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