Review: Antipsychotics do not increase weight in women with anorexia nervosa

Abstract

QUESTION Question: How effective are antipsychotics in people with anorexia nervosa? Outcomes: Body weight or body mass index (BMI) measured either by using the standardised mean difference (SMD) of the change in BMI from baseline to endpoint, the endpoint BMI or daily weight change. Secondary outcomes: anorexia nervosa symptoms (pooled Yale-Brown-Cornell Eating Disorder Scale, Eating Disorder Inventory, Anorectic Behaviour Scale, Body Shape Questionnaire and Eating Disorder Examination); depressive symptoms (pooled scores from Beck Depression Inventory, Personality Assessment Inventory Depression subscore and Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale) and anxiety (pooled scores from..