{"title":"Eating Disorders and Obesity","authors":"A. Frazer","doi":"10.1017/S1461145712000089","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"It is popularly stated that there is an ‘epidemic’ of obesity, with great concern because of the health problems associated with it. Different classes of psychotropic drugs have been used to decrease appetite and assist with weight loss whereas other psychotherapeutic agents produce weight gain, often significant, as a serious side effect. This month's thematic section contains five articles dealing with eating disorders and obesity. Two are reviews with one being part of the series “evidence-based pharmacotherapy of …” That review primarily covers short-term efficacy of drugs in various eating disorders …","PeriodicalId":394244,"journal":{"name":"The International Journal of Neuropsychopharmacology","volume":"15 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2012-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"The International Journal of Neuropsychopharmacology","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1017/S1461145712000089","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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It is popularly stated that there is an ‘epidemic’ of obesity, with great concern because of the health problems associated with it. Different classes of psychotropic drugs have been used to decrease appetite and assist with weight loss whereas other psychotherapeutic agents produce weight gain, often significant, as a serious side effect. This month's thematic section contains five articles dealing with eating disorders and obesity. Two are reviews with one being part of the series “evidence-based pharmacotherapy of …” That review primarily covers short-term efficacy of drugs in various eating disorders …