Pharmacological treatment of acute-phase anorexia nervosa: Evidence from randomized controlled trials.
Emanuele CassioliCarolina SensiEdoardo MannucciValdo RiccaFrancesco RotellaPublished in: Journal of psychopharmacology (Oxford, England) (2020)
RCTs published in this field display methodological biases, low sample sizes and short follow-up periods. Further research efforts are needed in this field as no evidence has been demonstrated for the use of any psychotropic drug in acute-phase AN neither for weight recovery, nor for comorbid psychiatric symptoms.