Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors in anorexia
✍ Scribed by Cecilia Bergh; Mats Eriksson; Greger Lindberg; Per Södersten
- Book ID
- 119502469
- Publisher
- The Lancet
- Year
- 1996
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 24 KB
- Volume
- 348
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0140-6736
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Objective: Recent data suggest that serotonin selective reuptake inhibiter (SSRI) medication is useful in preventing relapse in weight-restored anorexics. Our clinical impression has been that SSRIs are not effective in patients who are underweight with anorexia nervosa. Method: In order to determin
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