Prevalence and Consequences of Metabolic Syndrome in Bipolar Disorder

Prevalence and Consequences of Metabolic Syndrome in Bipolar Disorder

Patients with bipolar disorder suffer a disproportionate burden of cardiovascular illness compared with others in the general population.1,2 While the pathogenesis of this excess morbidity is undetermined, biologic, behavioral, and sociodemographic factors have been implicated.3 Bipolar disorder is...

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Veröffentlicht in:The Psychiatric times 2007-01, Vol.24 (1), p.14
1. Verfasser: D'Mello, Dale A
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
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Bipolar disorder
Correlation analysis
Drug therapy
Health aspects
Metabolic syndrome
Metabolic syndrome X
Prevalence studies (Epidemiology)
Psychiatric patients
Psychiatry
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Zusammenfassung:Patients with bipolar disorder suffer a disproportionate burden of cardiovascular illness compared with others in the general population.1,2 While the pathogenesis of this excess morbidity is undetermined, biologic, behavioral, and sociodemographic factors have been implicated.3 Bipolar disorder is commonly associated with disrupted circadian rhythms,4 insomnia,5 breathing-related sleep disorders,6 immune function disorders,7 and hyperactivity of the sympathetic adrenal medullary8 or hypothalamic-pituitary-...
ISSN:0893-2905