Eating disorders in the elderly

International Psychogeriatrics

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 523-536

  Lapid, Maria I ^a   Prom, Maria C ^a   Burton, M Caroline ^a   McAlpine, Donald E ^a   Sutor, Bruce ^a   Rummans, Teresa A ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

Aged; Anorexia; Appetite disorder; Bulimia; Late onset; Nervosa; Obesity; Thinness

Indexed keywords

ALPRAZOLAM; AMITRIPTYLINE; ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; CHLORPROMAZINE; CLOMIPRAMINE; DOXEPIN; FLUOXETINE; IMIPRAMINE; INSULIN; ISOCARBOXAZID; MAPROTILINE; PAROXETINE; PERPHENAZINE; PHENELZINE; TRANYLCYPROMINE;

ANOREXIA NERVOSA; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; BIPOLAR DISORDER; BULIMIA; CLINICAL FEATURE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COMORBIDITY; COMPULSIVE PERSONALITY DISORDER; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; EATING DISORDER; ELDERLY CARE; ELECTROCONVULSIVE THERAPY; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTAL CONDITIONING; MAJOR DEPRESSION; ONSET AGE; PERSONALITY DISORDER; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PROGNOSIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; RECURRENT DISEASE; REVIEW; SEX DIFFERENCE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT PLANNING; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

AGE FACTORS; AGE OF ONSET; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANOREXIA NERVOSA; BULIMIA NERVOSA; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; COMORBIDITY; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBSESSIVE-COMPULSIVE DISORDER; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; WEIGHT LOSS;

EID: 77952426368     PISSN: 10416102     EISSN: 1741203X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1041610210000104     Document Type: Review

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