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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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Bond, David Joseph
Language:English
Published: University of British Columbia 2013
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/2429/45243