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Loading... Metabolic Syndrome and Psychiatric Illness: Interactions, Pathophysiology, Assessment & Treatmentby Scott D. Mendelson
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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 disease and/or type 2 diabetes. Metabolic syndrome is a common condition that goes by many names (dysmetabolic syndrome, syndrome X, insulin resistance syndrome, obesity syndrome, and Reaven's syndrome).This is the first book to fully explain the relationships between psychiatric illness, Me No library descriptions found. |
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