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Treatment of bulimia nervosa with lithium carbonate . A controlled study . Ninety-one female bulimic outpatients received lithium carbonate or placebo on a random basis , after being separated into depressed and nondepressed subgroups , in an 8-week double-blind trial . Sixty-eight patients who completed the study experienced a significant decrease in bulimic episodes after the 8 weeks . Lithium , in a dosage yielding relatively low plasma levels , was not more effective than placebo . However , depression and other psychopathologies decreased with improvement in bulimic behavior .
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Intervention_Pharmacological
lithium carbonate .
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Intervention_Pharmacological
lithium carbonate
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Intervention_Control
placebo
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Intervention_Pharmacological
Lithium
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Intervention_Control
placebo .
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Outcome_Physical
bulimia nervosa
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Outcome_Physical
bulimic episodes
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Outcome_Physical
relatively low plasma levels
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Outcome_Mental
depression and other psychopathologies
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Outcome_Physical
bulimic behavior
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Participant_Condition
bulimia nervosa
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Participant_Condition
bulimic
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Participant_Condition
depressed and nondepressed
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Participant_Sample-size
Sixty-eight