Weight gain, dyslipidemia and altered parameters for metabolic syndrome on first episode psychotic patients after six-month follow-up Ganho de peso, dislipidemia e parâmetros alterados para síndrome metabólica em pacientes de primeiro episódio psicótico após seguimento de seis meses

OBJECTIVES: Obesity and metabolic abnormalities are frequent in psychotic patients, including first-episode psychosis. We evaluated weight and metabolic parameters in first-episode psychotic outpatients from the First Episode Psychosis Program, Universidade Federal de São Paulo. METHOD: Weight, heig...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Cecília Attux, Maria Inês Quintana, Ana Cristina Chaves
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Associação Brasileira de Psiquiatria (ABP) 2007-12-01
Series:Brazilian Journal of Psychiatry
Subjects:
Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1516-44462007000400009