Effectiveness of fluoxetine therapy in bulimia nervosa regardless of comorbid depression

Article Abstract:

Patients with bulimia nervosa who have been treated with fluoxetine have shown improvements in controlling binge eating and vomiting. To test the drug's effectiveness on bulimics with or without comorbid depression, data from two parallel multicenter studies were analyzed. Patients were grouped according to their scores in the 21-item Hamilton Rating Scale for Depression. After treatment with 60 mg of fluoxetine, the drug was found effective in bulimia nervosa, whether the patient has comorbid depression or not.

Evaluation, Depression, Mental, Depression (Mood disorder), Eating disorders, Bulimia, Fluoxetine

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Stability of diagnosis: a 20-year retrospective cohort study of Israeli psychiatric adolescent inpatients

Article Abstract:

A study was done of the records of former adolescent psychiatric patients who were hospitalized 15-19 years ago to see if the diagnosis of their psychoses stayed stable or or it it had been changed. This study also showed that transient adolescent psychosis is a legitimate diagnosis, distinguishable from schizophrenia.

Israel, Statistical Data Included, Diagnosis, Psychotic disorders, Child psychiatry, Psychoses in children, Adolescent psychiatry, Mentally ill teenagers

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Aggravation of food-related behavior in an adolescent with Prader-Willi syndrome treated with fluvoxamine and fluoxetine

Article Abstract:

A case study is presented of an adolescent with the congenital multisystem disorder Prader-Willi syndrome. Treatment with fluvoxamine and fluoxetine is seen to increase symptoms related to food and consequently result in weight gain.

Complications and side effects, Fluvoxamine, Prader-Willi syndrome

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