Study of factors associated with obesity in patients using antipsychotics in schizophrenia
Background: The atypical antipsychotic agents can raise body weight directly by acting on feeding areas of the brain, or indirectly by endocrine effects such as decreased gonadal levels, hyperprolactinemia, and hypercortisolism, and effect on peptide hormones, especially leptin. This may provide inp...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications
2024-12-01
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| Series: | Telangana Journal of Psychiatry |
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| Online Access: | https://journals.lww.com/10.4103/tjp.tjp_22_24 |
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