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Published in: Current Psychiatry Reports 6/2012

01-12-2012 | Bipolar Disorders (MA Frye, Section Editor)

Obesity in Bipolar Disorder: An Overview

Authors: Susan L. McElroy, Paul E. Keck Jr

Published in: Current Psychiatry Reports | Issue 6/2012

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Abstract

Bipolar disorder (BD) is associated with obesity, overweight, and abdominal obesity, and BD individuals with obesity have a greater illness burden. Factors related to BD, its treatment, and the individual may all contribute to BD’s association with obesity. Management strategies for the obese BD patient include use of medications with better metabolic profiles, lifestyle interventions, and adjunctive pharmacotherapy for weight loss. Obesity-related psychiatric and medical comorbidities should also be assessed and managed. Bariatric surgery may be an option for carefully selected patients. Greater research into the theoretical underpinnings and clinical management of the BD-obesity connection is needed.
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Metadata
Title
Obesity in Bipolar Disorder: An Overview
Authors
Susan L. McElroy
Paul E. Keck Jr
Publication date
01-12-2012
Publisher
Current Science Inc.
Published in
Current Psychiatry Reports / Issue 6/2012
Print ISSN: 1523-3812
Electronic ISSN: 1535-1645
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s11920-012-0313-8

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