Metabolic syndrome in patients with severe mental illness undergoing psychiatric rehabilitation receiving high dose antipsychotic medication
Background: To review evidence of chronic antipsychotic medication and the association with metabolic syndrome in mentally ill patients. This evidence was used to analyse a cohort of patients with severe mental illness and to deduce a correlation between the prevalence of metabolic syndrome and thei...
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| Language: | English |
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SAGE Publishing
2012-01-01
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| Series: | Indian Journal of Psychological Medicine |
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| Online Access: | http://www.ijpm.info/article.asp?issn=0253-7176;year=2012;volume=34;issue=3;spage=247;epage=254;aulast=Ravindranath |