ABSTRACT
Obesity, psychotropic-associated weight gain, and eating disorders are each important public health problems that overlap, especially in clinical populations. Although the degree, nature, and causes of this overlap are not well understood, antiepileptic drugs (AEDs) are increasingly being used in the treatment of these three conditions. In this chapter, we review the data supporting the effectiveness of various AEDs in the treatment of patients with obesity, psychotropic-associated weight gain, and eating disorders. We then discuss some of the theoretic implications of the usefulness of these agents for these three conditions.
