TY - JOUR
T1 - Coexistence of bulimia nervosa and mania
T2 - A literature review and case report
AU - Shisslak, Catherine M.
AU - Perse, Teri
AU - Crago, Marjorie
PY - 1991
Y1 - 1991
N2 - A literature review of the relationship between bulimia and affective disorder showed that the evidence from empirical research and case report studies suggests that a sizeable subgroup of bulimics suffer from bipolar disorder as well as bulimia and may benefit from antimanic medications such as lithium. A case report is presented of a bulimic patient with manic symptoms who was successfully treated with lithium. However, the use of lithium should be avoided with any patient who is purging, since it may exacerbate the loss of intracellular potassium, thereby increasing the risk of cardiac toxicity.
AB - A literature review of the relationship between bulimia and affective disorder showed that the evidence from empirical research and case report studies suggests that a sizeable subgroup of bulimics suffer from bipolar disorder as well as bulimia and may benefit from antimanic medications such as lithium. A case report is presented of a bulimic patient with manic symptoms who was successfully treated with lithium. However, the use of lithium should be avoided with any patient who is purging, since it may exacerbate the loss of intracellular potassium, thereby increasing the risk of cardiac toxicity.
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U2 - 10.1016/0010-440X(91)90011-Z
DO - 10.1016/0010-440X(91)90011-Z
M3 - Review article
C2 - 2022118
SN - 0010-440X
VL - 32
SP - 181
EP - 184
JO - Comprehensive Psychiatry
JF - Comprehensive Psychiatry
IS - 2
ER -