Changes in body weight and psychotropic drugs: a systematic synthesis of the literature.

INTRODUCTION: Psychotropic medication use is associated with weight gain. While there are studies and reviews comparing weight gain for psychotropics within some classes, clinicians frequently use drugs from different classes to treat psychiatric disorders. OBJECTIVE: To undertake a systematic revie...

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Main Authors: Robert Dent, Angelique Blackmore, Joan Peterson, Rami Habib, Gary Peter Kay, Alan Gervais, Valerie Taylor, George Wells
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3376099?pdf=render