The role of olanzapine in the treatment of anorexia nervosa

Annals of Pharmacotherapy

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 111-115

  Dunican, Kaelen C ^a   DelDotto, Dana ^a,b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS COLLEGE OF PHARMACY AND HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^b PROVIDENCE VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Anorexia nervosa; Atypical antipsychotics; Eating disorders; Olanzapine

Indexed keywords

BUSPIRONE; CHLORPROMAZINE; ESCITALOPRAM; FLUVOXAMINE; LORAZEPAM; MIANSERIN; MIRTAZAPINE; OLANZAPINE; PAROXETINE; SERTRALINE; VENLAFAXINE;

AGITATION; ANOREXIA NERVOSA; ARTICLE; BECK DEPRESSION INVENTORY; BODY IMAGE; CLINICAL GLOBAL IMPRESSION SCALE; DEPRESSION; DRUG DOSE TITRATION; EMBASE; HAMILTON SCALE; HUMAN; MEDLINE; MONOTHERAPY; OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE DISORDER; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; POSITIVE AND NEGATIVE SYNDROME SCALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOTHERAPY; PSYCINFO; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SLEEP; STATE TRAIT ANXIETY INVENTORY; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; WEIGHT GAIN;

ANOREXIA NERVOSA; BENZODIAZEPINES; HUMANS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33846423154     PISSN: 10600280     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1345/aph.1H297     Document Type: Article

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