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Antidepressant treatment of binge-eating disorder: research findings and clinical guidelines
J I Hudson1, W P Carter, H G Pope
1Biological Psychiatry Laboratory, McLean Hospital, Belmont, Mass 02178, USA.
The Journal of Clinical Psychiatry
|January 1, 1996
Abstract:
Binge-eating disorder, characterized by recurrent eating binges without purging, affects a large number of individuals, especially among participants in weight loss programs. Recent studies have suggested that antidepressants, particularly serotonin selective reuptake inhibitors, may be effective in the treatment of binge-eating disorder. This paper reviews the findings of these studies and offers clinical guidelines for the use of antidepressants in binge-eating disorder.