Neurobiological correlates of overweight and obesity in people with bipolar disorder
Up to 75% of people with bipolar disorder (BD) are overweight or obese, and these patients suffer more severe psychiatric symptoms than normal-weight patients, including more frequent depressions, more suicide attempts, lower response rates to pharmacotherapy, and greater cognitive impairment. Obesi...
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University of British Columbia
2013
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| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/2429/45243 |