Obesity in Women

Psychiatric Clinics of North America

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 423-440

  Azarbad, Leila ^a   Gonder Frederick, Linda ^b  

^a RUSH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Obesity; Overweight; Weight gain; Women; Women's health

Indexed keywords

CLOZAPINE; FLUOXETINE; GHRELIN; INSULIN; LEPTIN; LITHIUM; MONOAMINE OXIDASE INHIBITOR; NICOTINAMIDE PHOSPHORIBOSYLTRANSFERASE; OLANZAPINE; PAROXETINE; QUETIAPINE; SERTRALINE; SIBUTRAMINE; TETRAHYDROLIPSTATIN; TRICYCLIC ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT;

BARIATRIC SURGERY; BEHAVIORAL WEIGHT LOSS PROGRAM; BIPOLAR DISORDER; CAUSAL ATTRIBUTION; COMORBIDITY; DEPRESSION; DRUG RESPONSE; EMPLOYMENT STATUS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HORMONE RESPONSE; HORMONE SUBSTITUTION; HUMAN; INSULIN RESISTANCE; MENOPAUSE; MENTAL STRESS; OBESITY; OVERNUTRITION; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; POSTMENOPAUSE; PREGNANCY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITY OF LIFE; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SELF HELP; SIDE EFFECT; SLEEP; SOCIAL STATUS; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT INDICATION; WEIGHT GAIN;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; BODY WEIGHT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MENOPAUSE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; PREGNANCY; PSYCHOTROPIC DRUGS; RISK FACTORS; SLEEP DISORDERS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 77951494460     PISSN: 0193953X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.psc.2010.01.003     Document Type: Review

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