An NIMH-funded study has concluded that the antidepressant medication fluoxetine (Prozac) is no more effective than placebo in preventing relapse among patients with anorexia nervosa who had achieved a healthy weight during inpatient or day-program treatment. The study appears in the June 14 issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association. The large trial followed 93 participants in New ...

Results from a large-scale national survey suggest that binge-eating disorder is more prevalent than both anorexia nervosa and bulimia nervosa. The study, published in the February 1, 2007, issue of Biological Psychiatry, was based on data gleaned from the NIMH-funded National Comorbidity Survey Replication (NCS-R) a nationally representative survey conducted between February 2001 and December 2003 James I. Hudson, MD ...

Family-based treatment for adolescent bulimia nervosa (FBT-BN) is more effective than an individual-based therapy called supportive psychotherapy (SPT) in helping teens overcome bulimia according to an NIMH-funded study. Participants who received FBT-BN also showed faster treatment effects than those who received SPT. The study was published in the September 2007 issue of the Archives of General Psychiatry. Daniel le Grange ...

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