Australian and New Zealand clinical practice guidelines for the treatment of anorexia nervosa

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 38, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 659-670

  Hay, Phillipa ^a  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Anorexia nervosa; Body image; Evidence based review; Weight loss; Weight restoration

Indexed keywords

AMINEPTINE; AMITRIPTYLINE; ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; CISAPRIDE; CLOMIPRAMINE; CYPROHEPTADINE; ESTROGEN; FLUOXETINE; GESTAGEN; GLUCONATE ZINC; LITHIUM; NALTREXONE; NEUROLEPTIC AGENT; NORTRIPTYLINE; OLANZAPINE; PIMOZIDE; PLACEBO; POTASSIUM; PRASTERONE; SOMATOMEDIN C; SULPIRIDE;

ANOREXIA NERVOSA; AUSTRALIA; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; BODY WEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT DISORDER; CHILD PSYCHIATRY; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COGNITIVE THERAPY; COOPERATION; DEPRESSION; DIET THERAPY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FAMILY THERAPY; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; FOOD INTAKE; HEALTH CARE AVAILABILITY; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HYPERSOMNIA; HYPOKALEMIA; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; NEW ZEALAND; NOSE FEEDING; OSTEOPOROSIS; OUTPATIENT CARE; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT COUNSELING; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PSYCHIATRIST; PSYCHOTHERAPY; REVIEW; SELF ESTEEM; STOMATITIS; SYMPTOM; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WEIGHT GAIN;

ANOREXIA NERVOSA; AUSTRALIA; BODY IMAGE; COGNITIVE THERAPY; DRUG THERAPY; HUMANS; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; NEW ZEALAND; PSYCHIATRY; SELF CONCEPT; WEIGHT GAIN; WEIGHT LOSS;

EID: 4544365903     PISSN: 00048674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1614.2004.01449.x     Document Type: Review

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