Metabolic syndrome and psychiatric illness : interactions, pathophysiology, assessment and treatment /

Metabolic syndrome is a set of risk factors that includes: abdominal obesity, a decreased ability to process glucose (insulin resistance), dyslipidemia (unhealthy lipid levels), and hypertension. Patients who have this syndrome have been shown to be at an increased risk of developing cardiovascular...

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Main Author:	Mendelson, Scott D.
Corporate Author:	ScienceDirect (Online service)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Amsterdam ; Boston : Elsevier/Academic Press, 2008.
Edition:	1st ed.
Subjects:	Metabolic syndrome > Complications. Mental illness > Complications. Metabolic Syndrome X > complications. Mental Disorders > complications. Metabolic Syndrome X > diagnosis. Metabolic Syndrome X > drug therapy. Electronic books.
Online Access:	Connect to the full text of this electronic book